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CVE-2016-7411

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures,...

9.8 CriticalFix available

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

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

5.65%Up 4.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
CVE-2016-7411
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-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
CVE-2016-7411
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8264 No score

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
EUVD-2016-8264
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-chxh-4r5m-9x52 9.8

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures,...

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
GHSA-chxh-4r5m-9x52
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-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2016-7411 9.8

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2016-7411
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
OSV 9.8

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
CVE-2016-7411
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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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7411 9.8

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7411
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
OSVMGASA-2016-0319 No score

Updated php packages fix security vulnerabilities

Memory Corruption in During Deserialized-object Destruction) (CVE-2016-7411).

Heap overflow in mysqlnd related to BIT fields) (CVE-2016-7412).

wddx_deserialize use-after-free (CVE-2016-7413).

Out of bound when verify signature of zip phar in phar_parse_zipfile) (CVE-2016-7414).

Missing locale length check in php-intl (CVE-2016-7416).

Missing type check when unserializing SplArray) (CVE-2016-7417).

Out-Of-Bounds Read in php_wddx_push_element) (CVE-2016-7418).

The php package has been updated to version 5.6.26, which fixes these issues and other bugs. See the upstream ChangeLog for more details.

Record
MGASA-2016-0319
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2459-1 No score

Security update for php53

This update for php53 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-7124: Create an Unexpected Object and Don't Invoke __wakeup() in Deserialization
  • CVE-2016-7125: PHP Session Data Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2016-7126: select_colors write out-of-bounds
  • CVE-2016-7127: imagegammacorrect allowed arbitrary write access
  • CVE-2016-7128: Memory Leakage In exif_process_IFD_in_TIFF
  • CVE-2016-7129: wddx_deserialize allows illegal memory access
  • CVE-2016-7130: wddx_deserialize null dereference
  • CVE-2016-7131: wddx_deserialize null dereference with invalid xml
  • CVE-2016-7132: wddx_deserialize null dereference in php_wddx_pop_element
  • CVE-2016-7411: php5: Memory corruption when destructing deserialized object
  • CVE-2016-7412: Heap overflow in mysqlnd when not receiving UNSIGNED_FLAG in BIT field
  • CVE-2016-7413: Use after free in wddx_deserialize
  • CVE-2016-7414: Out of bounds heap read when verifying signature of zip phar in phar_parse_zipfile
  • CVE-2016-7416: Stack based buffer overflow in msgfmt_format_message
  • CVE-2016-7417: Missing type check when unserializing SplArray
  • CVE-2016-7418: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2459-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2461-1 No score

Security update for php53

This update for php53 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-7411: php5: Memory corruption when destructing deserialized object
  • CVE-2016-7412: Heap overflow in mysqlnd when not receiving UNSIGNED_FLAG in BIT field
  • CVE-2016-7413: Use after free in wddx_deserialize
  • CVE-2016-7414: Out of bounds heap read when verifying signature of zip phar in phar_parse_zipfile
  • CVE-2016-7416: Stack based buffer overflow in msgfmt_format_message
  • CVE-2016-7417: Missing type check when unserializing SplArray
  • CVE-2016-7418: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2461-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2477-1 No score

Security update for php5

This update for php5 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-7411: php5: Memory corruption when destructing deserialized object
  • CVE-2016-7412: Heap overflow in mysqlnd when not receiving UNSIGNED_FLAG in BIT field
  • CVE-2016-7413: Use after free in wddx_deserialize
  • CVE-2016-7414: Out of bounds heap read when verifying signature of zip phar in phar_parse_zipfile
  • CVE-2016-7416: Stack based buffer overflow in msgfmt_format_message
  • CVE-2016-7417: Missing type check when unserializing SplArray
  • CVE-2016-7418: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2477-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2477-2 No score

Security update for php5

This update for php5 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-7411: php5: Memory corruption when destructing deserialized object
  • CVE-2016-7412: Heap overflow in mysqlnd when not receiving UNSIGNED_FLAG in BIT field
  • CVE-2016-7413: Use after free in wddx_deserialize
  • CVE-2016-7414: Out of bounds heap read when verifying signature of zip phar in phar_parse_zipfile
  • CVE-2016-7416: Stack based buffer overflow in msgfmt_format_message
  • CVE-2016-7417: Missing type check when unserializing SplArray
  • CVE-2016-7418: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2477-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3095-1 No score

php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid 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. (CVE-2016-7124)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled invalid session names. A remote attacker could use this issue to inject arbitrary session data. (CVE-2016-7125)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain gamma values in the imagegammacorrect function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7127)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain crafted TIFF image thumbnails. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7128)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain wddxPacket XML documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7129, CVE-2016-7130, CVE-2016-7131, CVE-2016-7132, CVE-2016-7413)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain memory 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 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7133)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long strings in curl_escape calls. 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 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7134)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain failures 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-2016-7411)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain flags in the MySQL driver. Malicious remote MySQL servers could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7412)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled ZIP file signature verification when processing a PHAR archive. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7414)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain locale operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7416)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled SplArray unserializing. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7417)

Ke Liu discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing wddxPacket XML documents with incorrect boolean elements. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7418)

Record
USN-3095-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php
Alpine:v3.2
before 5.6.27-r0
5.6.27-r0
php
Alpine:v3.3
before 5.6.27-r0
5.6.27-r0
php5
Debian:7
before 5.4.45-0+deb7u6, 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+deb7u45.4.45-0+deb7u55.4.6-15.4.6-25.4.8-15.4.9-15.4.9-25.4.9-35.4.9-4
5.4.45-0+deb7u6
php5
Debian:8
before 5.6.26+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-25.6.23+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.23+dfsg-15.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.24+dfsg-15.6.7+dfsg-15.6.9+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.9+dfsg-1
5.6.26+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php
Mageia:5
before 5.6.26-1.mga5
5.6.26-1.mga5
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Manager 2.1
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-84.1
5.3.17-84.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
before 5.3.17-58.1
5.3.17-58.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
before 5.5.14-78.1
5.5.14-78.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 5.5.14-78.1
5.5.14-78.1
php5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20, 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-1ubuntu4.175.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
php7.0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, plus listed versions
7.0.1-57.0.1-67.0.2-17.0.2-37.0.2-4
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7.0.2-57.0.3-27.0.3-37.0.3-9ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu17.0.4-5ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu17.0.4-7ubuntu27.0.4-7ubuntu2.17.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.17.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2016-7411 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Php, published September 17, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.65%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in php 5.6.27-r0.

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