CVE-2016-10159: debian debian_linux Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10159 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 8% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 5Timeline
- 24-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
7.62%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.06 pp
From 7.68% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21
- php7.0< 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Debian1 product
- debian_linuxEOL8.0
Php1 product
- phpEOL≤ 5.6.29 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.15 | 7.1.0
3 vendors · 4 products
References
15 links- github.com/php/php-src/commit/ca46d0acbce55019b970fcd4c1e8a10edfdded93X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
