CVE-2015-8617

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2015-12-12
CWE:
CWE-134
Bugzilla:
1293880: CVE-2015-8617 php: Format string vulnerability in class name error message

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Format string vulnerability in the zend_throw_or_error function in Zend/zend_execute_API.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8617 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php55-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php56-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php54-php Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php53 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php Not affected

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