{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:pecl_http:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "3.0.1"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "CPE_RANGE",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "9d607c62df6393665a82f4997eae68345395c0fc"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "details": "Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-5873",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:38:49.986055869Z",
  "published": "2017-01-23T21:59:01.813Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}