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CVE-2016-3078

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 56.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Multiple integer overflows in php_zip.c in the zip extension in PHP before 7.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call to (1) getFromIndex or (2) getFromName in the ZipArchive class.

Affected products

• PHP: from 7.0.0 before 7.0.6 — fixed in 7.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 7.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/1
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035701
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71923
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3b8d4de300854b3517c7acb239b84f7726c1353c?w=1
• https://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3078
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39742/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/1
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035701
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71923
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3b8d4de300854b3517c7acb239b84f7726c1353c?w=1
• https://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

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