CVE-2015-2331

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_cdir_new function in zip_dirent.c in libzip 0.11.2 and earlier, as used in the ZIP extension in PHP before 5.4.39, 5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains many entries, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.71% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory nih.at
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3198 vendor advisory
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef8fc4b53d92fbfcd8ef1abbd6f2f5fe2c4a11e5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00083.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155622.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155299.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153983.html vendor advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154266.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69253 exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154276.html vendor advisory
http://hg.nih.at/libzip/rev/9f11d54f692e vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154666.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031985 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2331?
CVE-2015-2331 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2331?
To fix CVE-2015-2331, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-2331 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2331 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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