High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5094
CVE-2016-5094
Description
Integer overflow in the php_html_entities function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from the htmlspecialchars function.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdRelease Notes
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3nvdRelease Notes
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90857nvd
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvd
- github.com/php/php-src/commit/0da8b8b801f9276359262f1ef8274c7812d3dfdanvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvd
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