{"id":"CVE-2015-7803","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-7803","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:47:48.323Z","title":"The phar_get_entry_data function in ext/phar/util.c in PHP before 5.5.30 and 5.6.x before 5.6.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a .phar file with a crafted TAR archive entry in…","description":"The phar_get_entry_data function in ext/phar/util.c in PHP before 5.5.30 and 5.6.x before 5.6.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a .phar file with a crafted TAR archive entry in which the Link indicator references a file that does not exist.","published":"2015-12-11T12:00:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:33:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["php/php","apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.10288,"percentile":0.95711,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d698f0ae51f67c9cce870b09c59df3d6ba959244","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00099.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00037.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3380","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/05/8","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76959","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.461720","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2786-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69720","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205637","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d698f0ae51f67c9cce870b09c59df3d6ba959244","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00099.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00037.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3380","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/05/8","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76959","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.461720","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2786-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69720","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205637","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7803","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."}