CVE-2016-4540
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CVE-2016-4540 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 6.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 24 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 |
| Php | Php | <= 5.5.34 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.0 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.1 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.2 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.3 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.4 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.5 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.6 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.7 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.8 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.9 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.10 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.11 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.12 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.13 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.14 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.15 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.16 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.17 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.18 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.19 |
| Php | Php | 5.6.20 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.0 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.1 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.2 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.3 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.4 |
| Php | Php | 7.0.5 |
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