CVE-2016-4544
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endExcluding":"5.5.35"} | 5.5.35 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4544.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89844
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72094
- https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=082aecfc3a753ad03be82cf14f03ac065723ec92
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.