CVE-2016-6288

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=629e4da7cc8b174acdeab84969cbfc606a019b31
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2Mailing List
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
https://bugs.php.net/70480Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=629e4da7cc8b174acdeab84969cbfc606a019b31
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2Mailing List
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
https://bugs.php.net/70480Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Timeline

Published: Jul 25, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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