CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-8878
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.25%
Original NVD Description
main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.