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CVE-2016-2554
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-16T10:59:26.737 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:17.023

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

Affected products

php — php

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References

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