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CVE-2015-8865

Published: May 20, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
5.0%
Top 8.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

phpphp
Dev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
mac os xapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
OS XApple Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
PHPPHP Group
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
phposs-projectUSOSS Librariesaka php language, pecl, pear
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
apple inc.commercialUSMobile Appsaka apple
php grouposs-projectOSS Librariesaka php, pear

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522
bugs.gw.com
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e
git.php.net
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
lists.apple.com
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Timeline

Published
May 20, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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