CVE-2016-7480
highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.416 · 99 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via crafted serialized data.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (4)
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references (25)
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- http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7cnnvd
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdfcnnvd
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpcnnvd
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257cnnvd
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4cnnvd
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/bcd64a9bdd8afcf7f91a12e700d12d12eedc136bPatchcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95152cnnvd
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