CVE-2016-2554
Critical
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 crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.
Exploit probability
11.0%
Published
May 16, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
30 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-2554
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71488
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731