CVE-2016-6292
The exif_process_user_comment function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference
02 Description
The exif_process_user_comment function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-07-25 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0901dfecc98a63f5bb7f0e7a9246cf7b6af0339f63b53831e4efd12242a3264e
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-09-20http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- git.php.nethttp://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41131cd41d2fd2e0c2f332a27988df75659c42e4
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/72618
- www.securityfocus.com92078http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92078
- php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- www.securitytracker.com1036430http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
- www.debian.orgDSA-3631http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631
- php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20160724 Re: Fwd: CVE for PHP 5.5.38 issueshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT207170
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- php7.0 Fixed in 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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