Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10282.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Php
  • Php
Redhat
  • Rhel Software Collections

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 RHSA-2016:2750 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-818-1 php5 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2952-1 PHP vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71488 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2554 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2554 cve-icon
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.15841}

 epss

{'score': 0.17867}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.874Z

Reserved: 2016-02-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2554

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-16T10:59:26.737

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2554

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2554 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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