CVE-2016-5094
php: Integer overflow in php_html_entities()
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound