CVE-2016-7124 is a critical vulnerability affecting PHP versions before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10. It stems from improper handling of invalid objects during deserialization, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts through crafted serialized data that invokes __destruct or other magic methods. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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