CVE-2016-7398

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-704

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 6, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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