High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7416
CVE-2016-7416
Description
ext/intl/msgformat/msgformat_format.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 does not properly restrict the locale length provided to the Locale class in the ICU library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a MessageFormatter::formatMessage call with a long first argument.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- github.com/php/php-src/commit/6d55ba265637d6adf0ba7e9c9ef11187d1ec2f5bnvdIssue TrackingPatch
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10nvdMailing List
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdRelease Notes
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpnvdRelease Notes
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93008nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22nvd
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19nvd
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