CVE-2016-4072

php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 19, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

The Phar extension in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by mishandling of \0 characters by the phar_analyze_path function in ext/phar/phar.c.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 4.1
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write