Security advisory

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  "id": "ffd7722bfadc7105d279a372ad8e5902b2cc9692a3971a6d870a9c95a040569a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6288",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6288",
    "summary": "The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6288",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6288",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6288"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/php/php-src",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d5747a70cf612e653b0e56dfa50efb29bbba273d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.5.37"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "php-5.5.37"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6288.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.796068874Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://support.apple.com/HT207170",
        "https://bugs.php.net/70480"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6288",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439166,
  "published_at": "2016-07-25T14:59:00.123+00:00"
}