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CVE-2018-14851 json

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 all…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-6733

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • php php 7.0.31, 7.1.20, 7.2.8
  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26
  • php7.0 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • php7.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14851

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rh-php71-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-dbg RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-fpm RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-gmp RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7
  • rh-php71-php-pdo RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.1.30-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2519

  • php7 SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +8 more 7.2.34-150000.4.103.1
  • php5 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 5.5.14-109.38.1
  • php53 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 5.3.17-112.38.1
  • php7 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 7.0.7-50.44.1
  • php7 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 7.2.5-4.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4067-1SUSE-SU-2018:2682-1SUSE-SU-2018:2681-1SUSE-SU-2018:2333-1SUSE-SU-2018:2337-1

  • php7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.4.24-1.1
  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.11-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1

  • php5 Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7, Alpine 3.6 +1 more 5.6.37-r0
  • php7 Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 +5 more 7.2.8-r0
  • php7 Alpine 3.7 7.1.29-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-14851

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-14851 updated cvss 5.9

php: exif: Buffer over-read in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more Red Hat Software Collections rh-php70-php, rh-php70-php-gd, rh-php70-php-cli, rh-php70-php-dba, rh-php70-php-dbg, rh-php70-php-fpm, +24 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-php71-php 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-gd 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-cli 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dba 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dbg 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-fpm 7.1.30-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-php71-php 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-gd 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-cli 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dba 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dbg 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-fpm 7.1.30-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-php71-php 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-gd 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-cli 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dba 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dbg 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-fpm 7.1.30-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-php71-php 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-gd 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-cli 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dba 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dbg 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-fpm 7.1.30-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-php71-php 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-gd 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-cli 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dba 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-dbg 7.1.30-1.el7, rh-php71-php-fpm 7.1.30-1.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 php, libzip, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-dbg, +30 more Red Hat Software Collections rh-php72-php, rh-php72-php-gd, rh-php72-php-cli, rh-php72-php-dba, rh-php72-php-dbg, rh-php72-php-fpm, +22 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-027-02 updated cvss 5.5

Festo Didactic SE MES PC

  • Festo Didactic SE MES PC shipped_with_Windows_10
    affected: vendor fix

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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References

Sources

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