High severity · published Jan 19, 2016
CVE-2015-5590
Stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to…
7.3
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value, as demonstrated by mishandling of an e-mail attachment by the imap PHP extension.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
through 5.4.42; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5590
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5590
git.php.net
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6dedeb40db13971af45276f80b5375030aa7e76f
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/1
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75970
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69923
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