CVE-2015-0273 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized input in PHP's date extension due to use-after-free vulnerabilities.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0273?
CVE-2015-0273 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Php Php, published on 30 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in ext/date/php_date.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized input containing a (1) R or (2) r type specifier in (a) DateTimeZone data handled by the php_date_timezone_initialize_from_hash function or (b) DateTime data handled by the php_date_initialize_from_hash function.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0273?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0273?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2015-0273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mj23-h3wj-525j, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0273.