CVE-2016-10160

critical
Published 2017-01-24 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Off-by-one error 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 corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHAR archive with an alias mismatch.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b28b8b2fee6dfa6fcd13305c581bb835689ac3be

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73768

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10160.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpphp{"startIncluding":"5.6.0","endExcluding":"5.6.30"}5.6.30
netappclustered_data_ontap-

References

CWEs

CWE-193

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.