CVE-2015-8873

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 16, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapPHP

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via recursive method calls.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
v < 5.4.445.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.285.6.0 ≤ v < 5.6.12
Affected range stops below 5.4.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.6.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69793

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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