vulnerability
PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5096
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 7, 2016 | Sep 9, 2016 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2016
Added
Sep 9, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Integer overflow in the fread function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer in the second argument.
Solutions
php-upgrade-5_5_36php-upgrade-5_6_22
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