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CVE-2016-3142

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The phar_parse_zipfile function in zip.c in the PHAR extension in PHP before 5.5.33 and 5.6.x before 5.6.19 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) by placing a PK\x05\x06 signature at an invalid location.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.4
• PHP: through 5.5.32; 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.6.4, 5.6.5 (+13)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035255
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71498
• https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6fdc5bb27b20d889de0cd29318b3968aabb57bd
• https://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

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