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critical 9.1

CVE-2017-11147 in the critical feed json

In PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.x before 7.0.15, the PHAR archive handler could be used by attackers supplying malicious archive files to crash…

published 2017-07-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-2782

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.x before 7.0.15, the PHAR archive handler could be used by attackers supplying malicious archive files to crash the PHP interpreter or potentially disclose information due to a buffer over-read in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c.

Patch / fix

  • php php 5.6.30, 7.0.15, 7.1.1
  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11147

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  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1296

  • php53 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 5.3.17-112.5.1
  • php5 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 5.5.14-109.5.1
  • php7 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 7.0.7-50.9.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2522-1SUSE-SU-2017:2317-1SUSE-SU-2017:2303-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11147 updated cvss 6.5

php: Out-of-bounds read in phar_parse_pharfile

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 php Red Hat Software Collections rh-php56-php, rh-php56-php-gd, rh-php56-php-cli, rh-php56-php-dba, rh-php56-php-dbg, rh-php56-php-fpm, +22 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1296

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Exploit prediction

4.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73773 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.