VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8878
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…
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.25%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-362
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.