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CVE-2016-6291 (GCVE-0-2016-6291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
Summary
The exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE 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 (out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption), obtain sensitive information from process memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG image.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.php.net/72603 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92073 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://support.apple.com/HT207170 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-07-21 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-28T07:22:27+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-6291",
      "id": "CVE-2016-6291",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-07-15T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "251",
      "product_status:known_affected": "110",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "php: Out-of-bounds access in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-6291.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-08T00:28:07Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-6291",
      "id": "CVE-2016-6291",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:59:38Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "660",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1570",
      "product_status:recommended": "1605",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-6291",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-6291.json",
      "version": "14"
    }
  }
}



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