CVE-2016-10160
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 24, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxPHPClustered Data ONTAP
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
Off-by-one error in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.0.x before 7.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHAR archive with an alias mismatch.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
5.6.0 ≤ v < 5.6.307.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.157.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.1
Affected range stops below 5.6.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3783VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95783VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73768x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b28b8b2fee6dfa6fcd13305c581bb835689ac3beCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193
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