CVE-2015-8874

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP versions prior to 5.6.12

Description The issue is related to a stack consumption vulnerability in the GD library of PHP, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved through a crafted imagefilltoborder call. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow in the GD library.

Recommendations For PHP versions prior to 5.6.12, update to version 5.6.12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the imagefilltoborder function until a patch is applied.