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CVE-2015-8879

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 22, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

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

PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
v < 5.5.385.6.0 ≤ v < 5.6.12
Affected range stops below 5.5.38, 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

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
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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