CVE-2016-4542

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The exif_process_IFD_TAG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not properly construct spprintf arguments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
May 22, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-4542: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix