NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in PHP's php_wddx_pop_element Function

NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in PHP's php_wddx_pop_element Function

CVE-2016-10162 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The php_wddx_pop_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP 7.0.x before 7.0.15 and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an inapplicable class name in a wddxPacket XML document, leading to mishandling in a wddx_deserialize call.

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