{"id":"CVE-2016-7398","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7398","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:46:49.344Z","title":"A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via…","description":"A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.","published":"2019-09-06T19:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-704"],"affected":["php/ext-http"],"epss":{"score":0.06797,"percentile":0.93968,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7398","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."}