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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2015-4116

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2015-4116

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/03/2016
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_5_27
  • php-upgrade-5_6_11

References

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