# CVE-2018-20783: In PHP before 5.6.39, 7.x before 7.0.33, 7.1.x before 7.1.25, and 7.2.x before 7.2.13, a buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions may allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In PHP before 5.6.39, 7.x before 7.0.33, 7.1.x before 7.1.25, and 7.2.x before 7.2.13, a buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions may allow an attacker to read allocated or unallocated memory past the actual data when trying to parse a .phar file. This is related to phar_parse_pharfile in ext/phar/phar.c.

## What to do

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## References

- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77143
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00044.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3299

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