Critical
Buffer overflow and overread in phar_dir_read()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In PHP version 8.0.* before 8.0.30, 8.1.* before 8.1.22, and 8.2.* before 8.2.8, when loading phar file, while reading PHAR directory entries, insufficient length checking may lead to a stack buffer overflow, leading potentially to memory corruption or RCE.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3824
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 03:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow and overread in phar_dir_read()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 11 Aug 2023, 05:48 UTC
In PHP version 8.0.* before 8.0.30, 8.1.* before 8.1.22, and 8.2.* before 8.2.8, when loading phar file, while reading PHAR directory entries, insufficient length checking may lead to a stack buffer overflow, leading potentially to memory corruption or RCE.
osv:CVE-2023-3824
Complete source record
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