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CVE-2016-4343: opensuse Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4343
Published 22-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4343 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-499-1RHSA-2016:2750USN-2984-1

Timeline

  1. 22-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The phar_make_dirstream function in ext/phar/dirstream.c in PHP before 5.6.18 and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-size ././@LongLink files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.php.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Opensuse1 product
Php1 product
  • php< 5.5.36 | ≥ 5.6.0, < 5.6.18 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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