CVE-2015-3307

PHP < 5.4.40 - Heap Metadata Corruption via Crafted Tar Archive

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The phar_parse_metadata function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap metadata corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted tar archive.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223441
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69443
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74703

Scores

EPSS 0.1841
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (30)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.10.4
php/php 5.5.0 (13 CPE variants)
php/php 5.5.1
php/php 5.5.2
php/php 5.5.3
php/php 5.5.4
php/php 5.5.5
php/php 5.5.6
php/php 5.5.7
php/php 5.5.8
... and 20 more
Published Jun 09, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026