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CVE-2016-5768 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5b597a2e5b28e2d5a52fc1be13f425f08f47cb62?w=1 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Release Notes 
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2598.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4 CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91396 CVE, MITRE
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72402 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 CVE, MITRE
https://support.apple.com/HT207170 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-415 Double Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5768
NVD Published Date:
08/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE