critical
CVE-2016-9935
php: Invalid read when wddx decodes empty boolean element
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat4.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Amazon (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.29 and 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an empty boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php56, php56-bcmath, php56-cli and 63 more | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 and 1 more |
| debian 7 | php5 | 5.4.45-0+deb7u7 |
| debian 8 | php5 | 5.6.29+dfsg-0+deb8u1 |
| Red Hat | php, php-bcmath, php-cli and 25 more | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | php5 | 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.26 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.2 |
Show all 102 entries from 10 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php56 | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-bcmath | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-cli | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-common | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dba | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dbg | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-debuginfo | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-devel | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-embedded | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-enchant | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-fpm | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gd | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gmp | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-imap | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-intl | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-ldap | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mbstring | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mcrypt | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mssql | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mysqlnd | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-odbc | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-opcache | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pdo | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pgsql | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-process | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pspell | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-recode | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-snmp | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-soap | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-tidy | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xml | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xmlrpc | 5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70 | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-bcmath | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-cli | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-common | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-dba | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-dbg | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-debuginfo | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-devel | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-embedded | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-enchant | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-fpm | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-gd | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-gmp | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-imap | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-intl | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-json | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-ldap | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-mbstring | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-mcrypt | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-mysqlnd | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-odbc | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-opcache | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-pdo | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-pdo-dblib | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-pgsql | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-process | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-pspell | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-recode | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-snmp | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-soap | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-tidy | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-xml | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-xmlrpc | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php70-zip | 7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 |
| debian 7 | php5 | 5.4.45-0+deb7u7 |
| debian 8 | php5 | 5.6.29+dfsg-0+deb8u1 |
| Red Hat | php | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-bcmath | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-cli | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-common | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-dba | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-embedded | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-enchant | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-fpm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-gd | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-imap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-intl | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-ldap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mbstring | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mysql | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mysqlnd | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-odbc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pdo | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pgsql | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-process | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pspell | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-recode | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-snmp | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-soap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-tidy | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-xml | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-xmlrpc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-zts | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | php5 | 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.26 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | php7.0 | 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.2 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3737
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94846
All 17 references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9935
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73631
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/66fd44209d5ffcb9b3d1bc1b9fd8e35b485040c0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9935
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3196-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3211-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9935