CVE-2016-6175

Publication date 7 February 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in php-gettext 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted plural forms header.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php-gettext	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

ebarretto

Still not solution as of 2018-12-07

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H