Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-4540
The grapheme_stripos function in ext/intl/grapheme/grapheme_string.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative offset.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Threat overview for CVE-2016-4540
Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2016-4540
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2016-4540 141,519
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-4540
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.24%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 90 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-4540
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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NIST |
9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2016-4540
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
HPSBMU03691 rev.1 - HPE Insight Control, Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: php-5.6.21-1.fc24
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-22) — Gentoo security
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:1524-1: moderate: Security update for php5
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https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=fd9689745c44341b1bd6af4756f324be8abba2fb
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit
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https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72061
PHP :: Sec Bug #72061 :: Out-of-bounds reads in zif_grapheme_stripos with negative offsetExploit
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
oss-security - CVE Request: PHP: several issues fixed with 7.0.6, 5.6.21 and 5.5.35
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
HPSBMU03653 rev.1 - HPE System Management Homepage (SMH), Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Denial of Service (DoS), Unauthorized Disclosure of Information
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3602-1 php5
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:1357-1: moderate: Security update for php5
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
HPSBNS03635 rev.1 - HPE NonStop Servers OSS Script Languages running Perl and PHP, Multiple Local and Remote Vulnerabilities
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
RHSA-2016:2750 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
PHP: PHP 7 ChangeLogPatch
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90172
PHP 'grapheme_string.c' Out of Bounds Read Local Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLogPatch
Products affected by CVE-2016-4540
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*