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CVE-2016-1904
Multiple integer overflows in ext/standard/exec.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly…
High7.3EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Multiple integer overflows in ext/standard/exec.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to the (1) php_escape_shell_cmd or (2) php_escape_shell_arg function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2871c70efaaaa0f102557a17c727fd4d5204dd4b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160115 [CVE Request] Multiple PHP issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71270 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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