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PHP Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability - CVE-2016-5095 - Vulnerability Database
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PHP Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability - CVE-2016-5095

High
Reference: CVE-2016-5095
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5095
Title: PHP Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
Overview:

Integer overflow in the php_escape_html_entities_ex function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from a FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS filter_var call. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5094.