CVE-2015-8865
The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps,
02 Description
The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps,
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
- 5.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2016-05-20 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ffe7b60e4eb86ef1711cc861fea978ad6a67dc5fa7184b76ecfa2cc5ba3df887
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2952-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/file/file/commit/6713ca45e7757297381f4b4cdb9cf5e624a9ad36
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- www.securityfocus.com85802http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85802
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206567
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3686-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3560http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560
- git.php.nethttp://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71527
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2952-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3686-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-2/
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1167http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-42https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160423 Re: CVE request: PHP issues fixed in 7.0.5, 5.6.20 and 5.5.34 releaseshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1
- bugs.gw.comhttp://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 1:5.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 1:5.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 1:5.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- file Fixed in 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- php7.0 Fixed in 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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