CVE-2015-2301

29

FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2301 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the phar_rename_archive function of PHP versions before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, affecting products like Apple, Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, PHP, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		10.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
		12.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
		14.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
		14.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*
		7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

14.67%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

96.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1467 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-46.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-36.ael7b_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el7

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-php

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-2301Low

php: use after free in phar_object.c

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/6

ExploitMailing List

php.net / ChangeLog-5.php

Vendor Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html

Third Party Advisory

bugs.php.net / bug.php

ExploitVendor Advisory

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-10

Third Party Advisory

support.apple.com / HT205267

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3198

Third Party Advisory

mandriva.com / security/advisories

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Third Party Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/73037

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1031949

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2535-1

Third Party Advisory