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CVE-2015-4147

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

The SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.4.39, 5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 does not verify that __default_headers is an array, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing crafted serialized data with an unexpected data type, related to a "type confusion" issue.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.10.4
• PHP: through 5.4.38; 5.5.0, 5.5.0-alpha1, 5.5.0-alpha2, 5.5.0-alpha3, 5.5.0-alpha4, 5.5.0-alpha5 (+40)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus: 7.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/4
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73357
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032459
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69085

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