CVE-2016-6292

MEDIUM

PHP <5.5.38, <5.6.24, <7.0.9 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The exif_process_user_comment function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted JPEG image.

References (12)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

[Various Sources] http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41131cd41d2fd2e0c2f332a27988df75659c42e4

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

[Mailing List, Patch] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2

[Release Notes] http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

[Release Notes] http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92078

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://bugs.php.net/72618

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207170

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0620

EPSS Percentile 90.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status draft

Affected Products (40)

php/php < 5.5.37

php/php

... and 25 more

Timeline

Published Jul 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026