CVE-2016-7412
php: Heap overflow in mysqlnd when not receiving UNSIGNED_FLAG in BIT field
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 30, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 does not verify that a BIT field has the UNSIGNED_FLAG flag, which allows remote MySQL servers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted field metadata.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow