CVE-2016-7478

php: Unserialize Exception object can lead to infinite loop

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 15, 2016

Updated · May 7, 2026

Description

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified