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CVE-2016-4540 Detail

Description

The grapheme_stripos function in ext/intl/grapheme/grapheme_string.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative offset.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/21/2016

Evaluator Description

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Patch
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90172
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72061 Exploit
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=fd9689745c44341b1bd6af4756f324be8abba2fb
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4540
NVD Published Date:
05/21/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018