CVE-2015-4116
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.5% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.47% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-05-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| opensuse | leap |
| php | php |
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262
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