Use of Externally-Controlled Format String The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package php5 (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed19 Jan 2016
Introduced: 19 Jan 2016
CVE-2015-8617 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Format string vulnerability in the zend_throw_or_error function in Zend/zend_execute_API.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.