CVE-2016-4070

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the php_raw_url_encode function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to the rawurlencode function. NOTE: the vendor says "Not sure if this qualifies as security issue (probably not).

Affected products

PHP: through 5.5.33; 5.6.0-alpha1, 5.6.0-alpha2, 5.6.0-alpha3, 5.6.0-alpha4, 5.6.0-alpha5, 5.6.0-beta1 (+27)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00056.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85801
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2

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