CVE-2015-0231
php: use after free vulnerability in unserialize() (incomplete fix of CVE-2014-8142)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 1, 2015
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way PHP's unserialize() function processed data. If a remote attacker was able to pass crafted input to PHP's unserialize() function, they could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of php as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 or the versions of php53 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as the original flaw (CVE-2014-8142) did not affect these versions.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-416 · Use After Free