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CVE-2016-4343
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-22T01:59:17.477 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:22.940

Summary

The phar_make_dirstream function in ext/phar/dirstream.c in PHP before 5.6.18 and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-size ././@LongLink files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

Affected products

php — php

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References

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