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Unscored USN-2535-1 4 CVEs

php5 vulnerabilities

Published Mar 18, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Thomas Jarosch discovered that PHP incorrectly limited recursion in the
fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-8117)

S. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the
enchant binding. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-9705)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing
objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-0273)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the phar
extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-2301)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Unscored —

    softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-9705 EPSS 19%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the enchant_broker_request_dict function in ext/enchant/enchant.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-0273 Public exploit EPSS 43%

    Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in ext/date/php_date.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x bef…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-2301 EPSS 15%

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the phar_rename_archive function in phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8117
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9705
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0273
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2301