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high 7.5

CVE-2016-7418 in the critical feed json

The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 2016-09-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8271

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.4%
EPSS 11.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an incorrect boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document, leading to mishandling in a wddx_deserialize call.

Patch / fix

  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  • php7.0 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7418

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  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1296

  • php5 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 5.5.14-78.1
  • php7 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 7.0.7-15.1
  • php53 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 5.3.17-84.1
  • php53 SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 5.3.17-58.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2477-1SUSE-SU-2016:2477-2SUSE-SU-2016:2461-1SUSE-SU-2016:2460-1SUSE-SU-2016:2460-2SUSE-SU-2016:2459-1

  • php Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 5.6.27-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7418

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7418 updated cvss 7.5

php: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more Red Hat Software Collections php54-php, php55-php, php54-php-gd, php55-php-gd, rh-php56-php, php54-php-cli, +72 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1296

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Exploit prediction

11.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73065 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.