CVE-2015-8935
The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows
02 Description
The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows
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
- 2.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2016-08-07 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-21
- 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
- 0fb938a2b974128dd8968b62c663e91d40ec645092c378e4f82e7586767e6eb8
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/php/php-src/commit/996faf964bba1aec06b153b370a7f20d3dd2bb8b?w=1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1761http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1922http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160620 CVE request for PHP bug #68978: "XSS in header() with Internet Explorer" (2015)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/3
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68978
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2013http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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