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CVE-2016-3171

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, or 5.6.x before 5.6.13, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to session data truncation.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• Drupal: 6.0, 6.0-beta1, 6.0-beta2, 6.0-beta3, 6.0-beta4, 6.0-dev (+41)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
• https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
• https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

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