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CVE-2016-5769

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

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

8.36%Up 4.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
CVE-2016-5769
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
CVE-2016-5769
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6704 No score

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
EUVD-2016-6704
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5jqx-3p4m-wv4h 9.8

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before...

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
GHSA-5jqx-3p4m-wv4h
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS: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 9.8

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
CVE-2016-5769
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5769 9.8

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5769
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2016-0238 No score

Updated php packages fix security vulnerability

php-mbstring _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec() - double free (CVE-2016-5768).

php-mcrypt heap Overflow due to integer overflows (CVE-2016-5769).

php-SPL int/size_t confusion in SplFileObject::fread (CVE-2016-5770).

php-SPL Use After Free Vulnerability in PHP's GC algorithm and unserialize (CVE-2016-5771).

php-WDDX Double Free Courruption in wddx_deserialize (CVE-2016-5772).

php-zip ZipArchive class Use After Free Vulnerability in PHP's GC algorithm and unserialize (CVE-2016-5773).

The php package has been updated to version 5.6.23, fixing these issues and several other bugs. See the upstream ChangeLog for details.

Record
MGASA-2016-0238
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1842-1 No score

Security update for php5

This update for php5 fixes the following issues:

  • It is possible to launch a web server with 'php -S localhost:8080' It used to be possible to set an arbitrary $HTTP_PROXY environment variable for request handlers -- like CGI scripts -- by including a specially crafted HTTP header in the request (CVE-2016-5385). As a result, these server components would potentially direct all their outgoing HTTP traffic through a malicious proxy server. This patch fixes the issue: the updated php server ignores such HTTP headers and never sets $HTTP_PROXY for sub-processes. (bnc#988486)
  • There was multiple cases where a remote attacker could trigger a double free and, given specific PHP code using callbacks, trigger code execution vectors. (bnc#986246,bnc#986244,CVE-2016-5768,CVE-2016-5772)
  • It was possible to inject header or content information (XSS) when a user was using internet explorer as the browser. (bnc#986004, CVE-2015-8935)
  • In several cases it was possible for a integer overflow to trigger an excessive memory allocation (bnc#986392, bnc#986388, bnc#986386, bnc#986393, CVE-2016-5770, CVE-2016-5769, CVE-2016-5766, CVE-2016-5767)
  • It was possible for an attacker to abuse the garbage collector to free a target array. At this point an attacker could craft a fake zval object and exploit the PHP process by taking over the EIP/RIP. (bnc#986391, CVE-2016-5771)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1842-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2013-1 No score

Security update for php53

php53 was updated to fix five security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-5769: mcrypt: Heap Overflow due to integer overflows (bsc#986388).
  • CVE-2015-8935: XSS in header() with Internet Explorer (bsc#986004).
  • CVE-2016-5772: Double Free Courruption in wddx_deserialize (bsc#986244).
  • CVE-2016-5766: Integer Overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow (bsc#986386).
  • CVE-2016-5767: Integer Overflow in gdImagePaletteToTrueColor() resulting in heap overflow (bsc#986393).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2013-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2080-1 No score

Security update for php5

php5 was updated to fix the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-6297: Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in php_stream_zip_opener (bsc#991426).
  • CVE-2016-6291: Out-of-bounds access in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE (bsc#991427).
  • CVE-2016-6289: Integer overflow leads to buffer overflow in virtual_file_ex (bsc#991428).
  • CVE-2016-6290: Use after free in unserialize() with Unexpected Session Deserialization (bsc#991429).
  • CVE-2016-5399: Improper error handling in bzread() (bsc#991430).
  • CVE-2016-6288: Buffer over-read in php_url_parse_ex (bsc#991433).
  • CVE-2016-6296: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c (bsc#991437).
  • CVE-2016-5769: Mcrypt: Heap Overflow due to integer overflows (bsc#986388).
  • CVE-2015-8935: XSS in header() with Internet Explorer (bsc#986004).
  • CVE-2016-5772: Double free corruption in wddx_deserialize (bsc#986244).
  • CVE-2016-5766: Integer Overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow (bsc#986386).
  • CVE-2016-5767: Integer Overflow in gdImagePaletteToTrueColor() resulting in heap overflow (bsc#986393).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2080-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3045-1 No score

php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SplMinHeap::compare operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-4116)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled recursive method calls. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8873)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly validated certain Exception objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8876)

It was discovered that PHP header() function performed insufficient filtering for Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a XSS attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8935)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain locale operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5093)

It was discovered that the PHP php_html_entities() function incorrectly handled certain string lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5094, CVE-2016-5095)

It was discovered that the PHP fread() function incorrectly handled certain lengths. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5096)

It was discovered that the PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) SAPI incorrectly handled memory in the access logging feature. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5114)

It was discovered that PHP would not protect applications from contents of the HTTP_PROXY environment variable when based on the contents of the Proxy header from HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue in combination with scripts that honour the HTTP_PROXY variable to redirect outgoing HTTP requests. (CVE-2016-5385)

Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that the PHP bzread() function incorrectly performed error handling. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5399)

It was discovered that certain PHP multibyte string functions incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5768)

It was discovered that the PHP Mcrypt extension incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5769)

It was discovered that the PHP garbage collector incorrectly handled certain objects when unserializing malicious data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5771, CVE-2016-5773)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory when unserializing malicious xml data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a…

Record
USN-3045-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php5
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
before 5.4.45-0+deb7u5, plus listed versions
5.4.11-15.4.15-15.4.34-0+deb7u15.4.35-0+deb7u15.4.35-0+deb7u2
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5.4.36-0+deb7u15.4.36-0+deb7u35.4.38-0+deb7u15.4.39-0+deb7u15.4.39-0+deb7u25.4.4-145.4.4-14+deb7u15.4.4-14+deb7u105.4.4-14+deb7u115.4.4-14+deb7u125.4.4-14+deb7u135.4.4-14+deb7u145.4.4-14+deb7u25.4.4-14+deb7u35.4.4-14+deb7u45.4.4-14+deb7u55.4.4-14+deb7u75.4.4-14+deb7u85.4.4-14+deb7u95.4.4-155.4.4-15.15.4.41-0+deb7u15.4.44-0+deb7u15.4.45-0+deb7u15.4.45-0+deb7u25.4.45-0+deb7u35.4.45-0+deb7u45.4.6-15.4.6-25.4.8-15.4.9-15.4.9-25.4.9-35.4.9-4
5.4.45-0+deb7u5
php5
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 5.6.23+dfsg-0+deb8u1, plus listed versions
5.6.11+dfsg-15.6.12+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.12+dfsg-15.6.13+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.13+dfsg-1
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5.6.13+dfsg-25.6.14+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.14+dfsg-15.6.15+dfsg-15.6.16+dfsg-15.6.16+dfsg-25.6.16+dfsg-35.6.16+dfsg-45.6.17+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.17+dfsg-15.6.17+dfsg-35.6.18+dfsg-15.6.19+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.19+dfsg-15.6.19+dfsg-25.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.20+dfsg-15.6.21+dfsg-15.6.21+dfsg-25.6.22+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.22+dfsg-15.6.22+dfsg-25.6.7+dfsg-15.6.9+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.9+dfsg-1
5.6.23+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 5.6.23-1.mga5
5.6.23-1.mga5
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 5.5.14-68.1
5.5.14-68.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 5.5.14-68.1
5.5.14-68.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 5.3.17-74.1
5.3.17-74.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 5.3.17-74.1
5.3.17-74.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 5.3.17-74.1
5.3.17-74.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 5.2.14-0.7.30.89.1
5.2.14-0.7.30.89.1
php5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19, plus listed versions
5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu35.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu15.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu15.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu35.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu45.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.15.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.35.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.45.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.55.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.65.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.75.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.95.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.115.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.125.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.135.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.145.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.165.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
php7.0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
7.0.1-57.0.1-67.0.2-17.0.2-37.0.2-4
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7.0.2-57.0.3-27.0.3-37.0.3-9ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu17.0.4-7ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu2.1
7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19, plus listed versions
5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu35.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu15.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu15.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu25.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu35.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu45.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.15.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.35.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.45.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.55.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.65.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.75.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.95.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.115.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.125.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.135.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.145.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.165.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
php7.0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, plus listed versions
7.0.1-57.0.1-67.0.2-17.0.2-37.0.2-4
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7.0.2-57.0.3-27.0.3-37.0.3-9ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu17.0.4-7ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu2.17.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

History

History
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aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5769 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Php, published June 24, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.36%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19.

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