UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4342

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-4342
Downstream
USN-2984-1
Published: 29 Apr 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Apr 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-length uncompressed data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR, (2) ZIP, or (3) PHAR archive.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•php5

    < 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17

References (3)