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CVE-2016-5094

php: Integer overflow in php_html_entities()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 1, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the php_html_entities function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from the htmlspecialchars function.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound