CVE-2015-5590

HIGH

PHP <5.4.43, <5.5.27, <5.6.11 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value, as demonstrated by mishandling of an e-mail attachment by the imap PHP extension.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75970
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69923
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0641
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (30)
php/php 5.5.0 (13 CPE variants)
php/php 5.5.1
php/php 5.5.2
php/php 5.5.3
php/php 5.5.4
php/php 5.5.5
php/php 5.5.6
php/php 5.5.7
php/php 5.5.8
php/php 5.5.9
... and 20 more
Published Jan 19, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026