Critical severity · published May 16, 2016
CVE-2015-4601
PHP before 5.6.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to "type…
9.8
CVSS
7.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PHP before 5.6.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to "type confusion" issues in (1) ext/soap/php_encoding.c, (2) ext/soap/php_http.c, and (3) ext/soap/soap.c, a different issue than CVE-2015-4600.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.9% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
through 5.6.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus · Redhat
7.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4601
git.php.net
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0c136a2abd49298b66acb0cad504f0f972f5bfe8
php.net
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/12
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
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