Integer overflows in mcrypt.c leading to heap-based buffer overflow and application crash in PHP

Integer overflows in mcrypt.c leading to heap-based buffer overflow and application crash in PHP

CVE-2016-5769 · HIGH Severity

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

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

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