The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file.
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04485}

epss

{'score': 0.06088}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-20T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.084Z

Reserved: 2016-04-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8865

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-20T10:59:00.137

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8865

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8865 - Bugzilla