CVE-2016-5095
Public on 2016-06-02
Modified on 2016-06-15
Description
Integer overflow in the php_escape_html_entities_ex function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from a FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS filter_var call. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5094.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | php55 | 2016-06-02 | ALAS-2016-707 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php56 | 2016-06-02 | ALAS-2016-706 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |