CVE-2016-10160

Description

Off-by-one error in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.0.x before 7.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHAR archive with an alias mismatch.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.25% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73768 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php release notes vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/ third party advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b28b8b2fee6dfa6fcd13305c581bb835689ac3be issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3783 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php release notes vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95783 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10160?
CVE-2016-10160 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10160?
To fix CVE-2016-10160, 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-2016-10160 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-10160 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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