CVE-2015-8476

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    CVE-2015-8476

    Published: 16 Dec 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in PHPMailer before 5.2.14 allow attackers to inject arbitrary SMTP commands via CRLF sequences in an (1) email address to the validateAddress function in class.phpmailer.php or (2) SMTP command to the sendCommand function in class.smtp.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0796.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3416, https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.14, https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/6687a96a18b8f12148881e4ddde795ae477284b0, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177130.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177139.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/04/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/05/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78619

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High