CVE-2015-4601 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause application crashes or execute arbitrary code via type confusion in the PHP SOAP extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-4601?
CVE-2015-4601 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 16 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PHP before 5.6.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to "type confusion" issues in (1) ext/soap/php_encoding.c, (2) ext/soap/php_http.c, and (3) ext/soap/soap.c, a different issue than CVE-2015-4600.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4601?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Php Php, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4601?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-4601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49vc-479w-9w64, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4601.