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CVE-2015-4116 (GCVE-0-2015-4116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function in ext/spl/spl_heap.c in PHP before 5.5.27 and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a failed SplMinHeap::compare operation.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-06-02 00:00
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