Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting php package, versions [,5.5.37)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.51% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-2335096
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5770  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 5.5.37 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Integer overflow in the SplFileObject::fread function in spl_directory.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer argument, a related issue to CVE-2016-5096.

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