CVE-2020-7061
This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.08% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- php/php · tenable/tenable.sc
- Source
- security@php.net
EPSS 4.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79171Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79171Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.