CVE-2015-3329

37

FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3329 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the phar_set_inode function within PHP versions prior to 5.4.40, 5.5.24, and 5.6.8, affecting products like Apple, Oracle, and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted length value in tar, phar, or ZIP archives. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 10.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
		10.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.9.5:::::::*
		10.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.0:::::::*
		10.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.1:::::::*
		10.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.2:::::::*

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

38.43%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

98.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3843 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (26)

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: 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 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.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 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.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 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el6

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el7

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3329Moderate

php: buffer overflow in phar_set_inode()

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

Mailing ListVendor Advisory

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

Mailing ListVendor Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00004.html

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

php.net / ChangeLog-5.php

Patch

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

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

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html

Third Party Advisory

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

bugs.php.net / bug.php

ExploitPatch

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-10

support.apple.com / HT205267

Third Party Advisory

support.apple.com / kb/HT205031

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3280

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/74240

securitytracker.com / id/1032145

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2572-1