{"id":"CVE-2015-8865","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8865","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:11.305Z","title":"The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a…","description":"The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.","published":"2016-05-20T10:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:35:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["php/php","apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.05483,"percentile":0.92714,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11785,"percentile":0.95946},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.05415,"percentile":0.92337}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.11785,"from":0.05415,"percentile":0.95946},"summary":"EPSS moved from 5.4% to 11.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85802","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71527","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/file/file/commit/6713ca45e7757297381f4b4cdb9cf5e624a9ad36","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206567","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-2/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85802","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71527","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/file/file/commit/6713ca45e7757297381f4b4cdb9cf5e624a9ad36","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206567","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8865","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}