High severity · published May 22, 2016
CVE-2015-8879
The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
7.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
before 5.5.38; 5.6.0 before 5.6.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8879
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975
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