Critical severity · published May 16, 2016
CVE-2016-2554
Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application…
9.8
CVSS
11%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.0% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
7.0.0; 7.0.1; 7.0.2; through 5.5.31; 5.6.0; 5.6.0; +24 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2554
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2554
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
php.net
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
php.net
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
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