CVE-2015-8865 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8865?

CVE-2015-8865 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8865?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8865?

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-2015-8865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8865 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8865, DLA-460-1, GHSA-p546-wvpp-2wvf, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865.