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CVE-2015-7803
The phar_get_entry_data function in ext/phar/util.c in PHP before 5.5.30 and 5.6.x before 5.6.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 10.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The phar_get_entry_data function in ext/phar/util.c in PHP before 5.5.30 and 5.6.x before 5.6.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a .phar file with a crafted TAR archive entry in which the Link indicator references a file that does not exist.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.3% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69720 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3380 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SSA:2016-034-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 76959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d698f0ae51f67c9cce870b09c59df3d6ba959244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151005 CVE request: issues fixed in PHP 5.6.14 and 5.5.30 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2786-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201606-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-7702 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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