Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.
Published: 2016-05-16
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 10.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-818-1 php5 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2952-1 PHP vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.15841}

epss

{'score': 0.17867}


Subscriptions

Php Php
Redhat Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.874Z

Reserved: 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2554

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-16T10:59:26.737

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2554

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2554 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses