{
    "id": "CVE-2016-2554",
    "published": "2016-05-16 10:59:26",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:44:17",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.10997",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95781",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 11% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "php",
            "product": "php"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71488",
        "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71488",
        "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731"
    ]
}