Quick answers
- Is CVE-2016-10159 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-10159 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10159?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 24 January 2017.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- PHP Group PHP Before 5.6.30, 7.0.x before 7.0.15.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2016-10159?
- A patch was published on 2017-01-19: Fixed in PHP 5.6.30 and 7.0.15 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2016-10159 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2016-10159?
- Check whether you run Debian Linux or PHP Group PHP at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An integer overflow exists in the 'phar_parse_pharfile' function within 'ext/phar/phar.c' in PHP. The vulnerability is triggered when the engine processes a PHAR archive containing a truncated manifest entry. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious archive to a PHP application that performs PHAR operations, leading to an application crash or excessive memory consumption (Denial of Service). The issue was addressed in PHP versions 5.6.30 and 7.0.15.
Affected products
- PHP Group PHP Before 5.6.30, 7.0.x before 7.0.15
Timeline
- 2017-01-19: patched: Fixed in PHP 5.6.30 and 7.0.15
- 2017-01-24: disclosed: Initial NVD publication