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CVE-2016-5768

Published: 24 June 2016

Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
php5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty
Released (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19)
upstream Needs triage

wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=5b597a2e5b28e2d5a52fc1be13f425f08f47cb62

php7.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (7.0.8)
wily Does not exist

xenial
Released (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Patches:

upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=5b597a2e5b28e2d5a52fc1be13f425f08f47cb62

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H