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CVE-2016-6290
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-07-25T14:59:02.810 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:45.530

Summary

ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 does not properly maintain a certain hash data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to session deserialization.

Affected products

php — php

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References

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