CVE-2012-2386

Public on 2012-07-05
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 php 2012-07-05 ALAS-2012-95 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P