CVE-2016-9138

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-9138 · Published 04/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9138 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting php (php).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% 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= 7.0.12= 7.0.2= 7.0.3= 7.0.4= 7.0.5= 7.0.6= 7.0.7= 7.0.8= 7.0.9≤ 5.6.27`	No fix yet

Description

PHP through 5.6.27 and 7.x through 7.0.12 mishandles property modification during __wakeup processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data, as demonstrated by Exception::__toString with DateInterval::__wakeup.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/01/2 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/95268
bugs.php.net/bug.php · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

php

= 7.0.0= 7.0.1= 7.0.10= 7.0.11= 7.0.12= 7.0.2= 7.0.3= 7.0.4= 7.0.5= 7.0.6= 7.0.7= 7.0.8= 7.0.9≤ 5.6.27

No fix yet

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