CVE-2019-11047 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-11047

Heap-buffer-overflow READ in exif

Vulnerability Description

When PHP EXIF extension is parsing EXIF information from an image, e.g. via exif_read_data() function, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.26, 7.3.x below 7.3.13 and 7.4.0 it is possible to supply it with data what will cause it to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=19044

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

PHP
Vulnerable Versions:
7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x

Timeline

Official Publish: December 23rd, 2019
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1003 OS Credential Dumping
Credential Access
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access