CVE-2015-8879

Public Exploit

Description

The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.90% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975 vendor advisory exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8879?
CVE-2015-8879 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8879?
To fix CVE-2015-8879, 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-2015-8879 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8879 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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