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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-10161 Detail

Description

The object_common1 function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.30, 7.0.x before 7.0.15, and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted serialized data that is mishandled in a finish_nested_data call.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3783 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95768 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296 CVE, MITRE
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73825 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/16b3003ffc6393e250f069aa28a78dc5a2c064b2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29 CVE, MITRE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-10161
NVD Published Date:
01/24/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE