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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4342

ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-length uncompressed data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 5.34%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-length uncompressed data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR, (2) ZIP, or (3) PHAR archive.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.34% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
opensuse/leap · php/php
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.