CVE-2015-8617 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 22.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the zend_throw_or_error function in Zend/zend_execute_API.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.
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 | 22.81% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-01-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 7.0.0 - Format String | 2015-12-23 |
References
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034543
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71105
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b101a6bbd4f2181c360bd38e7683df4a03cba83e
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034543
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71105
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b101a6bbd4f2181c360bd38e7683df4a03cba83e
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