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CVE-2015-9253
An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a…
Medium6.5EPSS 4.2%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution functions (e.g., passthru, exec, shell_exec, or system) with a non-blocking STDIN stream, causing this master process to consume 100% of the CPU, and consume disk space with a large volume of error logs, as demonstrated by an attack by a customer of a shared-hosting facility.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.1.20/NEWS#L20-L22 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3766-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73342https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3287 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/69dee5c732fe982c82edb17d0dbc3e79a47748d8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.futureweb.at/security/CVE-2015-9253/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4279-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .