VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2554

Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 11.00% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: php/php
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 11.0% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.