CVE-2015-0232
The exif_process_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free and application crash) via…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The exif_process_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free and application crash) via crafted EXIF data in a JPEG image.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 15.61% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 15.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21bc7464f454fec18a9ec024c738f195602fee2a
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2fc178cf448d8e1b95d1314e47eeef610729e0df
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55001de6d8c6ed2aada870a76de1e4b4558737bf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:032
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72541
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68799Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185472Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-03
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21bc7464f454fec18a9ec024c738f195602fee2a
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2fc178cf448d8e1b95d1314e47eeef610729e0df
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55001de6d8c6ed2aada870a76de1e4b4558737bf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.