CVE-2012-2386 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 42.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 42.48% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 'phar' Extension 1.1.1 - Heap Overflow | 2011-04-22 |
References
- http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
- http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
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