CVE-2016-5771 in macOS

Summary

spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.

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• Reservation: 06/23/2016
• Disclosure: 08/07/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-92044 (2)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-416 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 9.8
• EPSS: 0.09582
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5771
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5771
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-5771/