#VU12258 Memory corruption in PHP - CVE-2018-10549 

 

#VU12258 Memory corruption in PHP - CVE-2018-10549

Published: April 26, 2018 / Updated: May 2, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12258
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10549
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in exif_read_data() function due to an out-of-bounds read while processing crafted JPEG data. A remote attacker can supply a specially image file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow in exif_iif_add_value and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 5.6.36, 7.1.17, 7.2.5 and 7.0.30.

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