Out-of-bounds read and application crash vulnerability in PHAR extension in PHP

Out-of-bounds read and application crash vulnerability in PHAR extension in PHP

CVE-2016-3142 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

The phar_parse_zipfile function in zip.c in the PHAR extension in PHP before 5.5.33 and 5.6.x before 5.6.19 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) by placing a PK\x05\x06 signature at an invalid location.

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