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CVE-2018-14851

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• NetApp Storage Automation Store: all versions
• PHP: through 5.6.36; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.31; from 7.1.0 before 7.1.20; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.8 — fixed in 7.0.31, 7.1.20, 7.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 7.0.31, 7.1.20, 7.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104871
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76557
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00000.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0003/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3766-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3766-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4353
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

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