CVE-2015-9253

N/A
Published: February 19, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution functions (e.g., passthru, exec, shell_exec, or system) with a non-blocking STDIN stream, causing this master process to consume 100% of the CPU, and consume disk space with a large volume of error logs, as demonstrated by an attack by a customer of a shared-hosting facility.

Affected

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

PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
v < 7.1.207.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.87.3.0 alpha17.3.0 alpha2
Affected range stops below 7.1.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70185
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75968
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3766-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4279-1/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.futureweb.at/security/CVE-2015-9253/

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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