CVE-2015-8879

HIGH

PHP < 5.5.38 - Denial of Service via odbc_bindcols SQL_WVARCHAR Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0162
EPSS Percentile 82.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
php/php < 5.5.38
Published May 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026