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CVE-2015-8617
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-01-19T05:59:07.560 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:34:51.607

Summary

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.

Affected products

php — php

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