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CVE-2015-8865

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Date: May 20, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (25)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-2/

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42

Url: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71527

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8865

Url: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8865

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/6713ca45e7757297381f4b4cdb9cf5e624a9ad36

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85802

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8865

Url: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8865

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

Url: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e

Url: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Url: http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8865

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-8865

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Date: May 20, 2016

Language: C

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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