CVE-2016-6296

php: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.

Error de firma de entero en la función simplestring_addn en simplestring.c en xmlrpc-epi hasta la versión 0.54.2, tal como se utiliza en PHP en versiones anteriores a 5.5.38, 5.6.x en versiones anteriores a 5.6.24 y 7.x en versiones anteriores a 7.0.9, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (desbordamiento de buffer basado en memoria dinámica) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de un primer argumento largo para la función xmlrpc_encode_request de PHP.

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. The rh-php56 packages provide a recent stable release of PHP with PEAR 1.9.5 and enhanced language features including constant expressions, variadic functions, arguments unpacking, and the interactive debuger. The memcache, mongo, and XDebug extensions are also included. The rh-php56 Software Collection has been upgraded to version 5.6.25, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Security Fixes in the rh-php56-php component have been added.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-07-24 CVE Reserved
2016-07-25 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6c48213c22ed50b2b987b479fcc1ac709394caa	X_refsource_confirm
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2	Mailing List
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	Release Notes
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php	Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92095	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430	Vdb Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00029.html	Mailing List
https://support.apple.com/HT207170	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.php.net/72606	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3059-1	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6296	2016-11-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1359822	2016-11-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				<= 5.5.37 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version " <= 5.5.37"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		alpha1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		alpha2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		alpha3		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		alpha4		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		alpha5		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		beta1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		beta2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		beta3		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.0"		beta4		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.11 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.11"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.12 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.12"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.13 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.13"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.14 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.14"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.15 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.15"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.16 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.16"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.17 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.17"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.18 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.18"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.19 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.19"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.20 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.20"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.21 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.21"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.22 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.22"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.6.23 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.6.23"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				7.0.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "7.0.8"		-		Affected