Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2020-7064
Published: March 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26259
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7064
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
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 exif_read_data() PHP function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the vulnerable function, trigger one byte out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7064
Install updates from vendor's website.