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Vulnerability details: VCID-7ywx-1epd-23gq
Vulnerability ID VCID-7ywx-1epd-23gq
Aliases CVE-2016-6297
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6297.json
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
epss 0.06254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
cvssv2 5.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6297
cvssv3 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6297
Reference id Reference type URL
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortinet-discovers-php-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerabilities
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81406c0c1d45f75fcc7972ed974d2597abb0b9e9
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6297.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6297
https://bugs.php.net/72520
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5385
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5399
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6289
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6290
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6291
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6292
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6294
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6295
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6296
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6297
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92099
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
1359828 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1359828
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cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-6297 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6297
RHSA-2016:2750 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
USN-3045-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3045-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6297.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6297
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6297
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.90863
EPSS Score 0.06254
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:12:02.435165+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22 38.0.0