ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a…

Description

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-119

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• GLSA-201611-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 1036836 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160915 Re: CVE assignment for PHP 5.6.26 and 7.0.11 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 93009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 01:57 UTC.