CVE-2015-1351

Exp

Use-after-free vulnerability in the _zend_shared_memdup function in zend_shared_alloc.c in the OPcache extension in PHP through 5.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-03-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1351 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.71%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1351

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1351

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 12.03% 8.71% -3.32%
2 2026-05-24 19.13% 12.03% -7.10%
3 2025-12-28 19.13%

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1351

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1351

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1351

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-1351: 1 GLSA(s) (201606-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/php); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1351
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1351
suse high CVE-2015-1351 severity important: SUSE including 684 source package names (apache2-mod_php5, apache2-mod_php5-5.5.14-109.63.2, …), 1283 product×package rows across 45 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2, SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, … (45 product lines)): Known Not Affected 795, Fixed 488. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1351/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1351 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 2, released 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1351

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-1351

Comment: CWE-416: Use After Free

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1351

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle secure_backup <= 12.1.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:secure_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x <= 10.6.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php < 5.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 6 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.2 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1351

URL Tags
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=777c39f4042327eac4b63c7ee87dc1c7a09a3115
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71929 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68677 Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
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