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CVE-2015-4605 json

The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x befor…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-4625

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly restrict a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.

Patch / fix

  • 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

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-4605 updated cvss 5.0

php: denial of service when processing a crafted file with Fileinfo

  • 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, file, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, file, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, +23 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 file, file-libs, python-magic
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

7.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68819 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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