CVE-2015-8617

php: Format string vulnerability in class name error message

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 12, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Format string vulnerability in the zend_throw_or_error function in Zend/zend_execute_API.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-134 · Use of Externally-Controlled Format String