7.5

CVE-2015-0231: php

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-0231
Published 27-01-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-0231 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 44.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
44.45%
0%100%
High · +1.85 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 6
DSA-3195-1MGASA-2015-0040OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1RHSA-2015:1053

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the process_nested_data function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted unserialize call that leverages improper handling of duplicate numerical keys within the serialized properties of an object. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8142.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

44.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +1.85 pp

From 42.59% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.php.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Php1 product
  • phpEOL≤ 5.4.36 | 5.4.0 | 5.4.1 | 5.4.2 | 5.4.3 | 5.4.4 | 5.4.5 | 5.4.6 | 5.4.7 | 5.4.8 | 5.4.9 | 5.4.10 | 5.4.11 | 5.4.12 | 5.4.12:rc1 | 5.4.12:rc2 | 5.4.13 | 5.4.13:rc1 | 5.4.14 | 5.4.14:rc1 | 5.4.15:rc1 | 5.4.16:rc1 | 5.4.17 | 5.4.18 | 5.4.19 | 5.4.20 | 5.4.21 | 5.4.22 | 5.4.23 | 5.4.24 | 5.4.25 | 5.4.26 | 5.4.27 | 5.4.28 | 5.4.29 | 5.4.30 | 5.4.34 | 5.4.35 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.0:alpha1 | 5.5.0:alpha2 | 5.5.0:alpha3 | 5.5.0:alpha4 | 5.5.0:alpha5 | 5.5.0:alpha6 | 5.5.0:beta1 | 5.5.0:beta2 | 5.5.0:beta3 | 5.5.0:beta4 | 5.5.0:rc1 | 5.5.0:rc2 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.2 | 5.5.3 | 5.5.4 | 5.5.5 | 5.5.6 | 5.5.7 | 5.5.8 | 5.5.9 | 5.5.10 | 5.5.11 | 5.5.12 | 5.5.13 | 5.5.14 | 5.5.15 | 5.5.16 | 5.5.17 | 5.5.18 | 5.5.19 | 5.5.20 | 5.6.0:alpha1 | 5.6.0:alpha2 | 5.6.0:alpha3 | 5.6.0:alpha4 | 5.6.0:alpha5 | 5.6.0:beta1 | 5.6.0:beta2 | 5.6.0:beta3 | 5.6.0:beta4 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.2 | 5.6.3 | 5.6.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6

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