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CVE-2016-5873
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-23T21:59:01.813 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:12.343

Summary

Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.

Affected products

php — pecl_http

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References

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