Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5399",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-5399",
    "summary": "The bzread function in ext/bz2/bz2.c 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 (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted bz2 archive.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5399",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "versions": [
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            "php-7.0.9RC1",
            "php-5.5.37",
            "POST_PHP7_NSAPI_REMOVAL",
            "PRE_PHP7_NSAPI_REMOVAL",
            "PRE_PHP7_EREG_MYSQL_REMOVALS",
            "PRE_PHP7_REMOVALS",
            "POST_PHP7_REMOVALS",
            "POST_AST_MERGE",
            "PRE_AST_MERGE",
            "POST_64BIT_BRANCH_MERGE",
            "PRE_64BIT_BRANCH_MERGE",
            "POST_PHPNG_MERGE"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/9d582eba7448f1495fae62b13d95d2844ce6b28a",
                "target": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T14:12:10.871109710Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358395",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72613",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40155/"
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        "value": "CVE-2016-5399",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 443352,
  "published_at": "2017-04-21T20:59:00.837+00:00"
}