The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

published 2019-11-04 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8834

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.4%; EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 3

php-gettext_project php-gettext 1.0.12

debian ubuntu opensuse

phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.6.6-1
php-gettext Debian 14, Debian 12 1.0.12-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8980

php-gettext Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
php-gettext Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.0.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.1.1-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1

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-2015-8980 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 8.1

php-php-gettext: Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameter

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a php-gettext

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00015.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95754
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/4
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1367462
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
lwn.net /Alerts/708838/
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
launchpad.net /php-gettext/trunk/1.0.12
release-notes, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-8980
NVD CVE-2015-8980

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary