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CVE-2016-6289
Integer overflow in the virtual_file_ex function in TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the virtual_file_ex function in TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted extract operation on a ZIP archive.
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% 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: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortinet-discovers-php-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0218acb7e756a469099c4ccfb22bce6c2bd1ef87 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 92074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160724 Re: Fwd: CVE for PHP 5.5.38 issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/72513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2016-7219 (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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