Description
exif.c in PHP before 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an EXIF header with a large IFD nesting level, which causes significant stack recursion.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php-src/ext/exif/exif.c?r1=1.118.2.29&r2=1.118.2.30&ty=uVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10307
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/112-1/
- http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php-src/ext/exif/exif.c?r1=1.118.2.29&r2=1.118.2.30&ty=uVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10307
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/112-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 14, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified