CVE-2015-8878

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9

Description

main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-8878

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-05-22T01:59:10

Last Modified Date
2019-02-14T18:47:03

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::	1	OR	5.5.0	5.5.28
cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::	1	OR	5.6.0	5.6.12

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.1

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8878
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8878

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:58:41				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:38:01	2016-05-22T01:59Z	2016-05-22T01:59:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:38:01		2019-02-14T18:47:03	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:38:01		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated