Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-7478 · published 11 January 2017

CVE-2016-7478: Php vulnerability

Php · Php

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 42% · top 1.3%

7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0

42%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

12References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Php Php

References

Link	Tags
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk	Press/Media Coverage
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk	Press/Media Coverage

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-7478), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.