UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7398

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7398
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7398.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7398
Upstream
Published
2019-09-06T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:37Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A type confusion vulnerability in the mergeparam() function of phphttp_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / php-pecl-http

Package

Name
php-pecl-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/php-pecl-http@3.0.1-0ubuntu5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.4-1build1

3.*

3.0.1-0ubuntu2
3.0.1-0ubuntu3
3.0.1-0ubuntu4
3.0.1-0ubuntu5