7.5

CVE-2015-6836: php

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-6836
Published 19-01-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6836 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 10.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.3 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 10% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.32%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 5
DLA-341-1DSA-3358-1MGASA-2015-0365RHSA-2016:0457SUSE-SU-2015:1633-1SUSE-SU-2015:1701-1

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SoapClient __call method in ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13 does not properly manage headers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data that triggers a "type confusion" in the serialize_function_call function.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

10.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 10.32% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Php1 product
  • phpEOL≤ 5.4.44 | 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 | 5.5.18 | 5.5.19 | 5.5.20 | 5.5.21 | 5.5.22 | 5.5.23 | 5.5.24 | 5.5.25 | 5.5.26 | 5.5.27 | 5.5.28 | 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 | 5.6.5 | 5.6.6 | 5.6.7 | 5.6.8 | 5.6.9 | 5.6.10 | 5.6.11 | 5.6.12
Ubuntu1 product
  • php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

2 vendors · 2 products

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