Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6296
CVE-2016-6296
Description
Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
13- bugs.php.net/72606nvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92095nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2nvdMailing List
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdRelease Notes
- php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpnvdRelease Notes
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3059-1nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00029.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22nvd
- support.apple.com/HT207170nvd
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