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🛡️ CVE-2020-7061 — libphp

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

heap-buffer-overflow in phar_extract_file

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.

Affected software

CVE-2020-7061 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • libphp
  • php
  • php-min

Timeline and source

Published on 11 August 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

bugs.php.net (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
www.tenable.com (Web)

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Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-08-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libphp
php
php-min

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