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CVE-2016-7418

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7418 describes an invalid pointer access and out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the php_wddx_push_element function within PHP versions before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11. This flaw can be triggered remotely by an attacker providing an incorrect boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, primarily impacting availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1140 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
View patch
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-2016-7418Moderate

php: Null pointer dereference in php_wddx_push_element

Sep 12, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1296
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / php/php-src/commit/c4cca4c20e75359c9a13a1f9a36cb7b4e9601d29
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/93011
securitytracker.com / id/1036836