{"id":"CVE-2015-3307","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-3307","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:06.299Z","title":"The phar_parse_metadata function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap metadata corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted…","description":"The phar_parse_metadata function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap metadata corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted tar archive.","published":"2015-06-09T18:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:25:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node eus","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server eus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","redhat/enterprise linux","apple/mac os x","php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.06655,"percentile":0.93834,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74703","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69443","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223441","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74703","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69443","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223441","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3307","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}