CVE-2016-7398 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Severity

98%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

98%

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-09-06 19:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-09-20 21:15:00

Affected Software

PHP ext-http

PHP ext-http 2.6.0 -

2.6.0

PHP ext-http 2.6.0 Beta 1

2.6.0

PHP ext-http 2.6.0 Beta 2

2.6.0

PHP ext-http 2.6.0 Release Candidate 1

2.6.0

PHP ext-http 3.1.0 Beta 1

3.1.0

PHP ext-http 3.1.0 Beta 2

3.1.0

PHP ext-http 3.1.0 Release Candidate 1

3.1.0

References

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055

Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83

Patch, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20190920 [SECURITY] [DLA 1929-1] php-pecl-http security update

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