CVE-2019-9675: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-9675 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 8.1 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 6% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11Timeline
- 11-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in PHP 7.x before 7.1.27 and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. phar_tar_writeheaders_int in ext/phar/tar.c has a buffer overflow via a long link value. NOTE: The vendor indicates that the link value is used only when an archive contains a symlink, which currently cannot happen: "This issue allows theoretical compromise of security, but a practical attack is usually impossible.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
6.02%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 6.02% 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.
Ubuntu3 products
- php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29
- php7.0< 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
- php7.2< 7.2.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL42.3
Php1 product
- php≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.27 | ≥ 7.3.0, < 7.3.3
4 vendors · 6 products
References
13 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory