Description

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-5769

Related Vulnerabilities

PHP Other Vulnerability (CVE-2003-0442)

Oracle Database Server Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2007-0272)

Jboss EAP Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Vulnerability (CVE-2018-10237)

MySQL CVE-2013-1523 Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1523)

MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2023-37304)

Severity

Critical

Classification

CVE-2016-5769 CWE-190 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities