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CVE-2016-4540 Details

Description

The grapheme_stripos function in ext/intl/grapheme/grapheme_string.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative offset.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html CVE
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVEPatch
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php CVEPatch

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fedoraproject fedora
24

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
42.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
php php
<= 5.5.34
5.6.0
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

19 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4540
NVD Published Date:
May 22, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-4540 Details - Not Deferred