### [CVE-2016-5769](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5769) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen) ### Description Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions. ### POC #### Reference - https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72455 #### Github - https://github.com/syadg123/pigat - https://github.com/teamssix/pigat