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CVE-2015-8878

MEDIUM 5.9 CVSS 3.0
Published
May 22, 2016
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-362
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP — From 5.5.0 (including) to 5.5.28 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 5.6.0 (including) to 5.6.12 (excluding)

References

  • www.php.net http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Vendor Advisory
  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70002 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record