CVE-2016-10159
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Integer overflow in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.0.x before 7.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a truncated manifest entry in a PHAR archive.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10159.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3783
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95774
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73764
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/ca46d0acbce55019b970fcd4c1e8a10edfdded93
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.