CVE-2015-8616 — HIGH (8.6) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Collator::sortWithSortKeys function in ext/intl/collator/collator_sort.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the relationships between a key buffer and a destroyed array.

CVSS Score

8.6

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

LOW

Integrity

LOW

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Php	Php	7.0.0

References

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71020Exploit
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71020Exploit

FAQ

What is CVE-2015-8616?

CVE-2015-8616 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH). Use-after-free vulnerability in the Collator::sortWithSortKeys function in ext/intl/collator/collator_sort.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application c...

How severe is CVE-2015-8616?

CVE-2015-8616 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.6/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2015-8616?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Php Php.