NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php5 package, versions <5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.6% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PHP5-394531
  • published12 Sept 2016
  • disclosed12 Sept 2016

Introduced: 12 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 php5 to version 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The php_wddx_pop_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid base64 binary value, as demonstrated by a wddx_deserialize call that mishandles a binary element in a wddxPacket XML document.