VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-5772
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability9.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-08-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.
Weakness classification
- CWE-415: Double Free
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory