CVE-2016-5772
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5772
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5772.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5772
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-07T10:59:20Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-18T08:43:43Z
- 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
-
Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX 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 cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "8.0" }, { "last_affected": "8.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "42.1" }, { "last_affected": "42.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "13.2" }, { "last_affected": "13.2" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "opensuse:opensuse" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "11-sp4" }, { "last_affected": "11-sp4" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "11-sp4" }, { "last_affected": "11-sp4" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "suse:linux_enterprise_server" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "11-sp4" }, { "last_affected": "11-sp4" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit" } ] }- References
-
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91398
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72340
- http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c?w=1
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4
Affected packages
Git / github.com/php/php-src
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/php/php-src
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedFixed
- Database specific
-
Show details
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "5.5.37" }, { "introduced": "5.6.0" }, { "fixed": "5.6.23" }, { "introduced": "7.0.0" }, { "fixed": "7.0.8" } ], "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
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5772.json"
vanir_signatures
[
{
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"function_hash": "259753987416402141766353710983866908693",
"length": 4802
},
"id": "CVE-2016-5772-60a76a01",
"signature_type": "Function",
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/961e562d1b7e7d67c7370022a167938641d607ea",
"target": {
"file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c",
"function": "php_wddx_push_element"
}
},
{
"deprecated": false,
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},
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"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c",
"target": {
"file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c",
"function": "php_wddx_process_data"
}
},
{
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
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"327693491351152557693361828737983469639",
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],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"id": "CVE-2016-5772-e0fbf8ee",
"signature_type": "Line",
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/961e562d1b7e7d67c7370022a167938641d607ea",
"target": {
"file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c"
}
},
{
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
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"327287158167850452439701417552007583568",
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"206516277081509952429337499612038618064",
"256212817879242093001682295899415213645",
"34110307404906790365435565495275501781",
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],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"id": "CVE-2016-5772-fe4b66ca",
"signature_type": "Line",
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c",
"target": {
"file": "ext/wddx/wddx.c"
}
}
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-08-18T08:43:43Z"