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Critical
CVE-2016-7479
In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process,...
Vulnerability Description
In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process, resizing the 'properties' hash table of a serialized object may lead to use-after-free. A remote attacker may exploit this bug to gain arbitrary code execution.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73092
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95151
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
PHP 7.x
Vulnerable Versions:
PHP 7.x
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 12th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.