CVE-2015-4116

NameCVE-2015-4116
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function in ext/spl/spl_heap.c in PHP before 5.5.27 and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a failed SplMinHeap::compare operation.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
php5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u18fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
php5sourcejessie5.6.12+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php5source(unstable)5.6.11+dfsg-1unimportant

Notes

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737
Fixed in 5.6.11, 5.5.27
Not treated as security issue, only triggerable with malformed PHP code

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