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Double Free Affecting php7.0 package, versions <7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.54% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PHP70-386415
  • published7 Aug 2016
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016
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Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 php7.0 to version 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7.0 package and not the php7.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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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