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CVE-2016-2554

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.

  • Published: May 16, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2554
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 10
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
php / php 7.0.1 7.0.1.x
php / php 7.0.2 7.0.2.x
php / php 7.0.0 7.0.0.x
php / php - 5.5.31.x
php / php 5.6.1 5.6.1.x
php / php 5.6.0-alpha5 5.6.0-alpha5.x
php / php 5.6.5 5.6.5.x
php / php 5.6.12 5.6.12.x
php / php 5.6.13 5.6.13.x
php / php 5.6.0-beta2 5.6.0-beta2.x
php / php 5.6.0-beta1 5.6.0-beta1.x
php / php 5.6.4 5.6.4.x
php / php 5.6.6 5.6.6.x
php / php 5.6.0-alpha3 5.6.0-alpha3.x
php / php 5.6.11 5.6.11.x
php / php 5.6.2 5.6.2.x
php / php 5.6.10 5.6.10.x
php / php 5.6.0-beta3 5.6.0-beta3.x
php / php 5.6.7 5.6.7.x
php / php 5.6.0-beta4 5.6.0-beta4.x
php / php 5.6.15 5.6.15.x
php / php 5.6.0-alpha2 5.6.0-alpha2.x
php / php 5.6.17 5.6.17.x
php / php 5.6.16 5.6.16.x
php / php 5.6.9 5.6.9.x
php / php 5.6.0-alpha1 5.6.0-alpha1.x
php / php 5.6.3 5.6.3.x
php / php 5.6.8 5.6.8.x
php / php 5.6.14 5.6.14.x
php / php 5.6.0-alpha4 5.6.0-alpha4.x