CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10162

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The php_wddx_pop_element function in PHP 7.0.x before 7.0.15 and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application crash.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the application, potentially leading to service downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PHP to version 7.0.15 or 7.1.1 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The php_wddx_pop_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP 7.0.x before 7.0.15 and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an inapplicable class name in a wddxPacket XML document, leading to mishandling in a wddx_deserialize call.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS