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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-0232 · published 27 January 2015

CVE-2015-0232: Php vulnerability

Php · Php

The exif_process_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free and application crash) via crafted EXIF data in a JPEG image.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 16% · top 3.2%
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
46References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The exif_process_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free and application crash) via crafted EXIF data in a JPEG image.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21bc7464f454fec18a9ec024c738f195602fee2a
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2fc178cf448d8e1b95d1314e47eeef610729e0df
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55001de6d8c6ed2aada870a76de1e4b4558737bf
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:032
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72541
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68799 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185472 Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-03
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21bc7464f454fec18a9ec024c738f195602fee2a
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2fc178cf448d8e1b95d1314e47eeef610729e0df
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55001de6d8c6ed2aada870a76de1e4b4558737bf
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:032
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-0232), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.