Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-8879
Potential exploit
The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2015-8879
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2015-8879
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2015-8879 473,429
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8879
0.90%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 74 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-8879
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST | |
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-8879
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-8879
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http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLogVendor Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
RHSA-2016:2750 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer PortalThird Party Advisory
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https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975
PHP :: Bug #69975 :: PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columnsExploit;Vendor Advisory
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