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CVE-2015-5590

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5590 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function within PHP versions prior to 5.4.43, 5.5.27, and 5.6.11. This vulnerability, rated High severity (CVSS 7.3), allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts by providing a large length value, as demonstrated by mishandling of email attachments by the imap PHP extension. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.4.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0463 is in the 84th 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 (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-8.el6
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5590Moderate

php: buffer overflow and stack smashing error in phar_fix_filepath

Jul 5, 2015

References

git.php.net
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/1
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Exploit
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3344
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/75970