UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8873

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-8873
Downstream
USN-3045-1
Published: 16 May 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 May 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via recursive method calls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•php5

    < 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19

References (4)