VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-5399

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability9.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The bzread function in ext/bz2/bz2.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted bz2 archive.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references