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CVE-2016-7413

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7413 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the wddx_stack_destroy function within PHP versions before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by sending a specially crafted wddxPacket XML document missing an end-tag for a recordset field element. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0665 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php56-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7413Moderate

php: Use after free in wddx_deserialize

Aug 16, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1296
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / php/php-src/commit/b88393f08a558eec14964a55d3c680fe67407712
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-22
tenable.com / security/tns-2016-19
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
Mailing List
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Release Notes
php.net / ChangeLog-7.php
Release Notes
securityfocus.com / bid/93006
securitytracker.com / id/1036836