CVE-2016-5094

Publication date 30 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Integer overflow in the php_html_entities 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 the htmlspecialchars function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed in 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.24

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.6 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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