{"id":"CVE-2016-9934","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9934","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:05:29.497Z","title":"ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted serialized data in a wddxPacket XML document, as demonstrated by a PDORow string.","description":"ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted serialized data in a wddxPacket XML document, as demonstrated by a PDORow string.","published":"2017-01-04T20:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.06789,"percentile":0.9396,"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 (6.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94845","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73331","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6045de69c7dedcba3eadf7c4bba424b19c81d00d","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94845","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73331","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6045de69c7dedcba3eadf7c4bba424b19c81d00d","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9934","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."}