CVE-2016-4344

NameCVE-2016-4344
DescriptionInteger overflow in the xml_utf8_encode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument to the utf8_encode function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
php5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u18fixed
php7.0 (PTS)stretch (security)7.0.33-0+deb9u12fixed
stretch (lts), stretch7.0.33-0+deb9u16fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
php5source(unstable)(not affected)
php7.0source(unstable)7.0.4-1

Notes

- php5 <not-affected> (Only affects PHP7.x)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71637
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=57b997ebf99e0eb9a073e0dafd2ab100bd4a112d

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