CVE-2015-8980
The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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
- 6.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.6% 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:3.1/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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2019-11-04 20:27Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-18
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 217171f5305ffc0dd450d18c2a1db5334fe31a8f82c4733804c6c8fbf2662d5d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com95754http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95754
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00015.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170118 Re: CVE Request: php-gettext: Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/4
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367462
- lwn.nethttps://lwn.net/Alerts/708838/
- seclists.org[Full Disclosure] 20160815 php-gettext php code execution in select_string, ngettext, npgettext count parameter <1.0.12http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/php-gettext/trunk/1.0.12
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- php-gettext Fixed in 1.0.12-0.1
- phpmyadmin Fixed in 4:4.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- phpmyadmin Fixed in 4:4.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- php-gettext Fixed in 1.0.12-0.1
- phpmyadmin Fixed in 4:4.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- php-gettext Fixed in 1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- php-gettext Fixed in 1.0.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.