{"id":"CVE-2016-9935","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9935","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:46:10.145Z","title":"The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.29 and 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an empty…","description":"The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.29 and 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an empty boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document.","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":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-125"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.06974,"percentile":0.94103,"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 (6.97%). 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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3737","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/94846","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=73631","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/66fd44209d5ffcb9b3d1bc1b9fd8e35b485040c0","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29","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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3737","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/94846","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=73631","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/66fd44209d5ffcb9b3d1bc1b9fd8e35b485040c0","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9935","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."}