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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7417

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 17, 2016
Added
Oct 12, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

ext/spl/spl_array.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 proceeds with SplArray unserialization without validating a return value and data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data.

Solutions

php-upgrade-5_6_26php-upgrade-7_0_11
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