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CVE-2016-6296

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.27%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-07-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2016-6296
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.27%

Original NVD Description

Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.