CVE-2016-9137

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-9137 · Published 04/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9137 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting php (php).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.3%, higher than 92.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
php php	`= 7.0.0= 7.0.1= 7.0.10= 7.0.11= 7.0.2= 7.0.3= 7.0.4= 7.0.5= 7.0.6= 7.0.7= 7.0.8= 7.0.9≤ 5.6.26`	No fix yet

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CURLFile implementation in ext/curl/curl_file.c in PHP before 5.6.27 and 7.x before 7.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that is mishandled during __wakeup processing.

References

git.php.net
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3698
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/01/2 · Third Party Advisory
php.net/ChangeLog-5.php · Release Notes
php.net/ChangeLog-7.php · Release Notes
securityfocus.com/bid/93577 · Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net/bug.php · Exploit
tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19

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Affected versions

Patched versions

php

= 7.0.0= 7.0.1= 7.0.10= 7.0.11= 7.0.2= 7.0.3= 7.0.4= 7.0.5= 7.0.6= 7.0.7= 7.0.8= 7.0.9≤ 5.6.26

No fix yet

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