VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-5769
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability8.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-08-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.
Weakness classification
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Primary references
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