CVE-2015-8476
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
SMTP Injection in PHPMailer
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.2.14+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.2.14+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.2.14+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.2.14+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.2.14+dfsg-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | phpmailer/phpmailer | >=5.0.0,<5.2.14 | 5.2.14 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmailer_project | phpmailer | {"endIncluding":"5.2.13"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177130.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177139.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3416
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/04/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78619
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/6687a96a18b8f12148881e4ddde795ae477284b0
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.14
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8476
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-738m-f33v-qc2r
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8476
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2015-8476.yaml
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.