CVE-2016-5114

Publication date 30 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_log.c in PHP before 5.5.31, 5.6.x before 5.6.17, and 7.x before 7.0.2 misinterprets the semantics of the snprintf return value, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and buffer overflow) via a long string, as demonstrated by a long URI in a configuration with custom REQUEST_URI logging.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.24
php7.0 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

"The fixed versions of PHP are: 5.5.31, 5.6.17 and 7.0.2"

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5
php7.0

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

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

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