{"id":"CVE-2015-5589","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5589","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:18.635Z","title":"The phar_convert_to_other function in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 does not validate a file pointer before a close operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…","description":"The phar_convert_to_other function in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 does not validate a file pointer before a close operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is mishandled in a Phar::convertToData call.","published":"2016-05-16T10:59:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:29:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.06303,"percentile":0.93556,"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 (6.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bf58162ddf970f63502837f366930e44d6a992cf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75974","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69958","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bf58162ddf970f63502837f366930e44d6a992cf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75974","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69958","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5589","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."}