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    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.

    Published:May 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 7, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.24336
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Php
    Product
    Php
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.htmlhttp://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17201

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
    http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
    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
    http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
    https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
    http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
    http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
    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
    http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
    https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High