CVE-2016-5768

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5768
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-07T10:59:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:31:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-415 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5.36
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5b597a2e5b28e2d5a52fc1be13f425f08f47cb62?w=1
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php Release Notes
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Patch Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4 Release Notes
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72402 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91396
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2598.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5768
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5768
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:48:47 2016-08-07T10:59Z 2016-08-07T10:59:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:48:47 2018-01-05T02:31:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:48:47 Modified Vulnerability Status updated