CVE-2016-5771

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5771
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5771.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5771
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-08-07T10:59:19.167Z
Modified
2026-05-30T08:40:52.072150Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "13.2"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:opensuse",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/php/php-src

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/php/php-src
Events
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "5.5.37"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "5.6.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "5.6.23"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "7.0.8"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
POST_64BIT_BRANCH_MERGE
POST_AST_MERGE
POST_PHP7_NSAPI_REMOVAL
POST_PHP7_REMOVALS
POST_PHPNG_MERGE
PRE_64BIT_BRANCH_MERGE
PRE_AST_MERGE
PRE_PHP7_EREG_MYSQL_REMOVALS
PRE_PHP7_NSAPI_REMOVAL
PRE_PHP7_REMOVALS
php-5.*
php-5.6.23RC1
php-7.*
php-7.0.8RC1

Database specific

vanir_signatures
[
    {
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "172529010675807687807396361343353921974",
                "63080092587161679693851290759915191347",
                "92445649054574504178969508602087037098",
                "47983572388981575197119334583777239342",
                "49093506086661717566379834635802782751",
                "320528347532434852589338425328485404914",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-5771-55bd4544",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "ext/spl/spl_array.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3f627e580acfdaf0595ae3b115b8bec677f203ee"
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "259753987416402141766353710983866908693",
            "length": 4802.0
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-5771-60a76a01",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c",
            "function": "php_wddx_push_element"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/961e562d1b7e7d67c7370022a167938641d607ea"
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "178346697772086131021134430194686741868",
            "length": 2442.0
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-5771-b5efc824",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "ext/spl/spl_array.c",
            "function": "PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3f627e580acfdaf0595ae3b115b8bec677f203ee"
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-5771-e0fbf8ee",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/961e562d1b7e7d67c7370022a167938641d607ea"
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5771.json"
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-05-30T08:40:52Z"