The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer by leveraging (1) %0A%20 or (2) %0D%0A%20 mishandling in the header function.
CVE-2015-8935
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 85.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 7, 2016
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/3
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68978
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/php/php-src/commit/996faf964bba1aec06b153b370a7f20d3dd2bb8b?w=1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68978
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/996faf964bba1aec06b153b370a7f20d3dd2bb8b?w=1
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2015-8935(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | php7.0-zip (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7 | 2016-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el7 | 2015-06-04 | redhat |
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