CVE-2016-3078

critical
Published 2016-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
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

Multiple integer overflows in php_zip.c in the zip extension in PHP before 7.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call to (1) getFromIndex or (2) getFromName in the ZipArchive class.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3b8d4de300854b3517c7acb239b84f7726c1353c?w=1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71923

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3078.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
php phpphp{"startIncluding":"7.0.0","endExcluding":"7.0.6"}7.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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