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.

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.

EPSS: 0.077 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Php
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.