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CVE-2016-5873

Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.

Published

2017-01-23T21:59:01.813

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	php	pecl_http	≤ 3.0.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863 ([email protected])
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17 ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/ ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)