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Vulnerability details: VCID-t3bn-hufm-jba8
Vulnerability ID VCID-t3bn-hufm-jba8
Aliases CVE-2016-5399
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-390 Detection of Error Condition Without Action
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5399.json
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
epss 0.13858 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5399
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5399
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137998/PHP-7.0.8-5.6.23-5.5.37-bzread-OOB-Write.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2598.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5399.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5399
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72613
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
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/72
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40155/
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92051
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
1358395 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358395
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5399 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/dos/40155.py
CVE-2016-5399 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5399
RHSA-2016:2598 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2598
RHSA-2016:2750 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
USN-3045-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3045-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 25, 2016
Description PHP 5.5.37/5.6.23/7.0.8 - 'bzread()' Out-of-Bounds Write
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 25, 2016
Exploit type dos
Platform php
Source update date July 25, 2016
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-2016-5399.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:M/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-2016-5399
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5399
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 0.94256
EPSS Score 0.13858
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:15:51.387968+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-jessie.xml.bz2 38.0.0