CVE-2015-8876

Public Exploit

Description

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not validate certain Exception objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or trigger unintended method execution via crafted serialized data.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.05% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	vendor advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70121	exploit vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8876?: CVE-2015-8876 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8876?: To fix CVE-2015-8876, 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-2015-8876 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-8876 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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