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CVE-2016-5769 Detail

Description

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6c5211a0cef0cc2854eaa387e0eb036e012904d0?w=1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Patch  Release Notes 
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4 Release Notes 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91399
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72455 Vendor Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5769
NVD Published Date:
08/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2016
Source:
MITRE