ubuntu-cve-2015-8865
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-12-31 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details
The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.
Severity
7.3 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:52Z",
"published": "2015-12-31T00:00:00Z",
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