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CVE-2015-8878 Details

Description

main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002 [email protected]Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
php php
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.28
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8878
NVD Published Date:
May 22, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8878 Details - Not Deferred