Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5769
CVE-2016-5769
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
13- php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdPatchRelease Notes
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpnvdBroken Link
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/php/php-src/commit/6c5211a0cef0cc2854eaa387e0eb036e012904d0nvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91399nvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvd
- support.apple.com/HT207170nvd
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