Name: CVE-2016-7398: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-7398, CWE-704, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.06797

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade php-pecl-http	Sep 23, 2019	Sep 6, 2019
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Sep 6, 2019

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CVSS Details

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