CVE-2016-5772
php: Double Free Corruption in wddx_deserialize
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 23, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-416 · Use After Free