Vulnerability in PHP
CVE-2015-8876
Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not validate certain Exception objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or trigger unintended method execution via crafted serialized data.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.077 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.077 · newest: 0.077 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.php.net/bug.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8876?
- CVE-2015-8876 is a critical-severity vulnerability in PHP. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-05-22.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8876?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.