Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-8876 · published 22 May 2016
CVE-2015-8876: Php vulnerability
Php · Php
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 does not validate certain Exception objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or trigger unintended method execution via crafted serialized data.
Description
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 does not validate certain Exception objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or trigger unintended method execution via crafted serialized data.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70121 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70121 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-8876), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.