CVE-2016-3142: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The phar_parse_zipfile function in zip.c in the PHAR extension in PHP before 5.5.33 and 5.6.x before 5.6.19 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) by placing a PK\x05\x06 signature at an invalid location.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.11.4
• PHP PHP: up to and including 5.5.32; version 5.6.0 only; version 5.6.1 only; version 5.6.2 only; version 5.6.3 only; version 5.6.4 only; …

Published 2016-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.