{"id":"CVE-2016-4544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4544","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:44:26.644Z","title":"The exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not validate TIFF start data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have…","description":"The exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not validate TIFF start data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.","published":"2016-05-22T01:59:29.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:47:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["php/php","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","fedoraproject/fedora","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0651,"percentile":0.93726,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89844","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72094","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=082aecfc3a753ad03be82cf14f03ac065723ec92","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89844","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72094","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=082aecfc3a753ad03be82cf14f03ac065723ec92","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4544","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}