# CVE-2016-4342: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted archives due to heap memory corruption in PHP's phar extension.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 May 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x4x8-wmcm-3vhv, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4342

## What is CVE-2016-4342?

CVE-2016-4342 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 22 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-length uncompressed data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR, (2) ZIP, or (3) PHAR archive.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4342?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Opensuse Leap, Php Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-4342?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-4342 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4342 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap

- [CVE-2015-4902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4902/): Oracle Java SE Integrity Check (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14804/): package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-20787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20787/): Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8341/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-4342 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-4342 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 22 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4342 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Leap. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4342/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4342/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4342
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4342
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4342

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