CVE-2016-4345
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP...
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2016-4345- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2016-4345- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5345 No score
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5345- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6qgj-3qf4-r2jj
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP...
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-6qgj-3qf4-r2jj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2016-4345- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4345
Integer overflow in the php_filter_encode_url function in ext/filter/sanitizing_filters.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4345- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4345 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Php, published May 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.17%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.