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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9638

An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.68%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. There is an uninitialized read in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE because of mishandling the maker_note->offset relationship to value_len.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
6.68% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
php/php · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap · netapp/storage automation store · redhat/software collections
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.