CVE-2012-2386

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

42.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2012-07-07

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17201

Security advisories

• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
• http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry