CVE-2015-2301 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2015-2301?

CVE-2015-2301 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the phar_rename_archive function in phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an attempted renaming of a Phar archive to the name of an existing file.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2301?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Php Php, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2301?

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-2015-2301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q362-2hc9-hr5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2301.