vulnerability
PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5768
| 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
Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.
Solutions
php-upgrade-5_5_37php-upgrade-5_6_23php-upgrade-7_0_8
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