CVE-2015-2331
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Integer overflow in the _zip_cdir_new function in zip_dirent.c in libzip 0.11.2 and earlier, as used in the ZIP extension in PHP before 5.4.39, 5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains many entries, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef8fc4b53d92fbfcd8ef1abbd6f2f5fe2c4a11e5
- http://hg.nih.at/libzip/rev/9f11d54f692e
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154266.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154276.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155299.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155622.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153983.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3198
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031985
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69253
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.