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CVE-2015-4116

Published: 16 May 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function in ext/spl/spl_heap.c in PHP before 5.5.27 and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a failed SplMinHeap::compare operation.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
requires malformed php code, which is not usually part of a
threat model (accepting and executing random php statements)

Priority

Negligible

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package Release Status
php5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (5.6.11+dfsg-1)
precise
Released (5.3.10-1ubuntu3.24)
trusty
Released (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19)
wily Not vulnerable
(5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1