Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2015-2783
ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted length value in conjunction with crafted serialized data in a phar archive, related to the phar_parse_metadata and phar_parse_pharfile functions.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.104 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.109 · newest: 0.104 · change: -0.005
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- PHP — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74239 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032146 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2783?
- CVE-2015-2783 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-06-09.
- Is CVE-2015-2783 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.