UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8980

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980

Upstream

CVE-2015-8980

Downstream

USN-4779-1

Related

USN-4779-1

Published

2019-11-04T21:15:00Z

Modified

2025-07-18T16:43:20Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / php-gettext

Package

Name: php-gettext
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/php-gettext@1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "php-gettext"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / php-gettext