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CVE-2016-7479

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.0
Published
January 12, 2017
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@checkpoint.com
Weakness
CWE-416
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process, resizing the 'properties' hash table of a serialized object may lead to use-after-free. A remote attacker may exploit this bug to gain arbitrary code execution.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP versions 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 7.0.14, 7.1.0

References

  • blog.checkpoint.com http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7 Third Party Advisory
  • blog.checkpoint.com http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
  • www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95151 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • www.securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659
  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73092 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
  • www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk Technical Description
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record