CVE-2012-2386
N/A
Published: July 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 42%
Description
Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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