Skip to main content

CVE detail

CVE-2016-5771

spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 17.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 17.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
2 source links · newest first
  • A team of researchers has found a couple of critical flaws in PHP and exploited them to hack PornHub, on one of the most popular adult websites. Diclaimer: This article is written to discuss the security implications and technical aspects of a hack that was recently done. If you by anyway are offended by the […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJul 25, 2016, 1:33 PM
  • A team of researchers discovered a couple of serious vulnerabilities in PHP and managed to gain remote code execution access on one of the world’s most popular adult websites. Dario Weißer, Ruslan Habalov and an expert who uses the online moniker “cutz” discovered in late May that they could hack PornHub by leveraging vulnerabilities in PHP.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 25, 2016, 8:51 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

Public PoC repositories are third-party, potentially unsafe artifacts. Treat their code as untrusted and use it only on authorized systems in an isolated, least-privilege environment. cvebuzz does not execute the code or verify that an exploit works.

0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars
No public PoC repositories have been matched yet.

Related records

Similar CVEs

6 related CVEs with shared weakness or product evidence