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FKIE_CVE-2015-4116

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-16 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:26
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse leap 42.1
php php *
php php 5.6.0
php php 5.6.1
php php 5.6.2
php php 5.6.3
php php 5.6.4
php php 5.6.5
php php 5.6.6
php php 5.6.7
php php 5.6.8
php php 5.6.9
php php 5.6.10
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