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CVE-2015-3330 json

The php_handler function in sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, when the…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-3376

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.5%
EPSS 13.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The php_handler function in sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, when the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via pipelined HTTP requests that result in a "deconfigured interpreter."

Patch / fix

  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3330

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  • php54 RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.0-1.el6
  • php54 RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.0-1.el7
  • php54-php RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el6
  • php54-php RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el7
  • php54-php-gd RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el6
  • php54-php-gd RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el7
  • php54-php-cli RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el6
  • php54-php-cli RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.4.40-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1066RHSA-2015:1186RHSA-2015:1135RHSA-2015:1187

  • php5 SLE Software Development Kit 12, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 5.5.14-22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0868-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3330 updated cvss 6.8

php: pipelined request executed in deinitialized interpreter under httpd 2.4

  • Red Hat Software Collections php54-php, php54-php-gd, php54-php-cli, php54-php-dba, php54-php-fpm, php54-php-pdo, +18 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-gd 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-cli 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-dba 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-fpm 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-pdo 5.4.16-36.el7_1, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-gd 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-cli 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-dba 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-fpm 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-pdo 5.4.16-36.el7_1, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php 5.4.16-36.ael7b_1, php-gd 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-cli 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-pdo 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-xml 5.4.16-36.el7_1, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-fpm 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-intl 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-snmp 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-dba 5.4.16-36.ael7b_1, php-fpm 5.4.16-36.ael7b_1, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-gd 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-cli 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-pdo 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-xml 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-ldap 5.4.16-36.el7_1, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-fpm 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-intl 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-snmp 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-bcmath 5.4.16-36.el7_1, php-pspell 5.4.16-36.el7_1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1135
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php54 2.0-1.el6, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el6, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el6, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el6, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el6, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el6, +76 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php54 2.0-1.el7, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el7, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el7, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el7, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el7, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el7, +70 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) php54 2.0-1.el6, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el6, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el6, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el6, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el6, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el6, +76 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) php54 2.0-1.el6, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el6, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el6, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el6, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el6, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el6, +76 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1066
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) php55-php 5.5.21-4.el7, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el7, php55-php-gd 5.5.21-4.el7, php55-php-cli 5.5.21-4.el7, php55-php-dba 5.5.21-4.el7, php55-php-fpm 5.5.21-4.el7, +44 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1186
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php54 2.0-1.el6, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el6, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el6, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el6, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el6, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el6, +76 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php54 2.0-1.el7, php54-php 5.4.40-1.el7, php55-php 5.5.21-4.el7, php54-runtime 2.0-1.el7, php54-scldevel 2.0-1.el7, rh-php56-php 5.6.5-7.el7, +70 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1066
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

13.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69218 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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