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CVE-2016-7478 Detail

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Description

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.

Evaluator Description

CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk	CVE, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	Press/Media Coverage

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Other	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/27/2017 2:41:09 PM

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Initial Analysis by NIST 1/11/2017 1:12:39 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CWE		NVD-CWE-Other
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 2048 of 9256 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.11::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.12::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.13::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.14::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.15::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.16::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.17::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.8::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.9::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.11::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.12::
Changed	Reference Type	http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7 No Types Assigned	http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf No Types Assigned	http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093 No Types Assigned	https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093 Vendor Advisory, Exploit
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk No Types Assigned	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk Press/Media Coverage
Added	Evaluator Description		<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html">CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')</a>

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7478
NVD Published Date:
01/11/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

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CVE-2016-7478 Detail

Description

Evaluator Description

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Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 9:58:04 PM

CVE Modified by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 5/14/2024 12:05:41 AM

CVE Modified by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1/13/2018 9:29:00 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/27/2017 2:41:09 PM

CVE Modified by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1/12/2017 9:59:03 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 1/11/2017 1:12:39 PM

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