VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7411

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.65%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 5.65% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: php/php
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 5.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10Mailing List
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1Issue Tracking, Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10Mailing List
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1Issue Tracking, Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.