UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865

    Published: 31 Dec 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8865
    Aliases:
    USN-2952-1
    USN-2984-1
    USN-3686-1

    Summary:

    Details: The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8865, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2952-1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/7, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2984-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3686-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3686-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8865

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4

    Affected versions

    5.11-2ubuntu4

    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