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Use After Free Affecting php-embedded package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.19% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PHPEMBEDDED-1969736
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jun 2016
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Introduced: 23 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-5768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 php-embedded.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-embedded package and not the php-embedded package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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