CVE-2015-8835 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data 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-2015-8835?
CVE-2015-8835 is a critical 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
The make_http_soap_request function in ext/soap/php_http.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not properly retrieve keys, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, type confusion, and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data representing a numerically indexed _cookies array, related to the SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8835?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfh7-45g3-9348, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8835.