CVE-2015-8980

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The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2019-11-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8980 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.71%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-8980

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8980

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 4.57% 6.71% +2.14%
2 2025-12-13 4.55% 4.57% +0.03%
3 2025-04-12 — 4.55% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8980

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
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-2015-8980

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8980

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-8980 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (php-gettext, phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 7. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8980
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8980 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php-gettext), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 3, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8980

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8980

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-gettext_project php-gettext < 1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:php-gettext_project:php-gettext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 24 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8980

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95754 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367462 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/php-gettext/trunk/1.0.12 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lwn.net/Alerts/708838/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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