CVE-2016-6875 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Infinite recursion in wddx in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Facebook	Hhvm

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/1
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/1888810e77b446a79a7674784d5f139fcfa605e2

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-17T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.451Z

Reserved: 2016-08-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6875

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-17T17:59:01.140

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6875

Redhat

No data.

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