CVE-2015-8617

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the zend_throw_or_error function in Zend/zend_execute_API.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 19, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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