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CVE-2009-2687

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JPEG image with invalid offset fields, a different issue than CVE-2005-3353.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
• PHP: before 5.2.10 — fixed in 5.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48378
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/55222
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35441
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36462
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37482
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:145
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:167
• http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_10.php

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