CVE-2012-2386

N/A Unknown
Published: July 07, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
42.5%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

php

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