High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7131
CVE-2016-7131
Description
ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed wddxPacket XML document that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call, as demonstrated by a tag that lacks a < (less than) character.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- github.com/php/php-src/commit/0c8a2a2cd1056b7dc403eacb5d2c0eec6ce47c6fnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/php/php-src/commit/a14fdb9746262549bbbb96abb87338bacd147e1bnvdIssue TrackingPatch
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdExploitIssue Tracking
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92768nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19nvdThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9nvdMailing List
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdRelease Notes
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpnvdRelease Notes
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