{"id":"CVE-2016-7124","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7124","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:01.151Z","title":"ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 mishandles certain invalid objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that leads to…","description":"ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 mishandles certain invalid objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that leads to a (1) __destruct call or (2) magic method call.","published":"2016-09-12T01:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-502"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.16482,"percentile":0.96973,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11591,"percentile":0.95903},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.16612,"percentile":0.96872}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.16612,"from":0.11591,"percentile":0.96872},"summary":"EPSS moved from 11.6% to 16.6% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92756","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72663","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/20ce2fe8e3c211a42fee05a461a5881be9a8790e?w=1","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92756","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72663","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/20ce2fe8e3c211a42fee05a461a5881be9a8790e?w=1","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7124","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}