01 Record

CVE-2015-8617

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 22.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-01-19 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5f804eedab6e0f0af0bf4bdce7543aaa8ea31dbaf03ed2c1c63467d355af52a6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

phpphpNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

06 References

github.comhttps://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b101a6bbd4f2181c360bd38e7683df4a03cba83ex_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1034543http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034543vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpx_refsource_CONFIRM
bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71105x_refsource_CONFIRM