Use-after-free - CVE-2019-11050

 

Use-after-free - CVE-2019-11050

Published: December 23, 2019 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33365
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11050
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

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.


Affected software

Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Opensuse
Fedora
Red Hat Software Collections
Tenable.sc
php7 (Alpine package)
php7.0 (Debian package)
php
php7.3 (Debian package)
rh-php73-php (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-11050

Install update from vendor's website.

Tenable.sc - update to 5.19.0
php7 (Alpine package) - update to 7.2.26-r0
php7.0 (Debian package) - update to 7.0.33-0+deb9u7
php - addressed in versions 7.3.13-1.fc30, 7.3.13-1.fc31
php7.3 (Debian package) - update to 7.3.14-1~deb10u1
rh-php73-php (Red Hat package) - update to 7.3.20-1.el7

External References

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