PT-2017-9038 · Facebook · Hhvm

Francisco Alonso · Published 2017-02-17 · Updated 2017-02-22 · CVE-2016-6873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Facebook HHVM versions prior to 3.15.0

Description The issue is related to self recursion in compact, allowing attackers to have an unspecified impact. The exact vectors used for the attack are unknown.

Recommendations For Facebook HHVM versions prior to 3.15.0, update to version 3.15.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6873

Affected Products

Hhvm

References · 9

• https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/e264f04ae825a5d97758130cf8eec99862517e7e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6873 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6873 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6873 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/1 · Note