CVE-2016-6873 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Self recursion in compact 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.

The EPSS score is 0.00571.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Facebook	Hhvm

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7758	Self recursion in compact in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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/e264f04ae825a5d97758130cf8eec99862517e7e

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.429Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-6873

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-17T17:59:01.077

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

Link: CVE-2016-6873

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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