VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8879

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-05-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references