CVE-2016-2554

critical

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.

References

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-16

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.1164