CVE-2012-2386

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.70% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594 third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065 vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10 third party advisory mailing list
http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2386?
CVE-2012-2386 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2386?
To fix CVE-2012-2386, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2386 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2386 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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