critical
CVE-2016-4072
php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat4.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
The Phar extension in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by mishandling of \0 characters by the phar_analyze_path function in ext/phar/phar.c.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php55, php55-bcmath, php55-cli and 60 more | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 and 1 more |
| debian 7 | php5 | 5.4.45-0+deb7u3 |
| debian 8 | php5 | 5.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u1 |
| Red Hat | php, php-bcmath, php-cli and 25 more | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | php5 | 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 |
| ubuntu 15.10 | php5 | 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | php7.0 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | php7.0 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 |
Show all 99 entries from 10 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php55 | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-bcmath | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-cli | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-common | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-dba | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-debuginfo | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-devel | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-embedded | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-enchant | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-fpm | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-gd | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-gmp | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-imap | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-intl | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-ldap | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mbstring | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mcrypt | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mssql | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mysqlnd | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-odbc | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-opcache | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pdo | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pgsql | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-process | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pspell | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-recode | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-snmp | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-soap | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-tidy | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-xml | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-xmlrpc | 5.5.35-1.114.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56 | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-bcmath | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-cli | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-common | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dba | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dbg | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-debuginfo | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-devel | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-embedded | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-enchant | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-fpm | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gd | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gmp | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-imap | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-intl | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-ldap | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mbstring | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mcrypt | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mssql | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mysqlnd | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-odbc | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-opcache | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pdo | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pgsql | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-process | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pspell | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-recode | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-snmp | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-soap | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-tidy | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xml | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xmlrpc | 5.6.21-1.124.amzn1 |
| debian 7 | php5 | 5.4.45-0+deb7u3 |
| debian 8 | php5 | 5.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u1 |
| Red Hat | php | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-bcmath | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-cli | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-common | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-dba | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-embedded | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-enchant | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-fpm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-gd | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-imap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-intl | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-ldap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mbstring | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mysql | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-mysqlnd | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-odbc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pdo | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pgsql | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-process | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-pspell | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-recode | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-snmp | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-soap | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-tidy | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-xml | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-xmlrpc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | php-zts | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | php5 | 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | php5 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 |
| ubuntu 15.10 | php5 | 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | php7.0 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | php7.0 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85993
All 23 references
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4072
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71860
- https://gist.github.com/smalyshev/80b5c2909832872f2ba2
- https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e9b175204e3286d64dfd6c9f09151c31b5e099a
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4072
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2952-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2984-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4072