Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-7398 · published 6 September 2019
CVE-2016-7398: Php ext-http vulnerability
Php · Ext Http
A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.
Description
A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055 | ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83 | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html | |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055 | ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83 | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-7398), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
