Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2019-11035

 

Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2019-11035

Published: May 2, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18380
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11035
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the exif_iif_add_value() function in PHP EXIF extension when processing certain files. An attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application,  trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-11035

Install updates from vendor's website.

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