CVE-2016-6291

critical

Description

The exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE 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 (out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption), obtain sensitive information from process memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG image.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT207170

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92073

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eebcbd5de38a0f1c2876035402cb770e37476519

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-25

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08102