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CVE-2019-9638 PHP

Affected softwarePHP
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessOut-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
Published9 Mar 2019
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. There is an uninitialized read in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE because of mishandling the maker_note->offset relationship to value_len.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 7 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 6.7% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

6 products, 15 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 12.04 · 14.04 · 16.04 · 18.04 · 18.10
nvd debian debian linux generic 8.0 · 9.0
nvd netapp storage automation store generic any version
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.0 · 15.1 · 42.3
nvd php php generic < 7.1.27 · ≥ 7.2.0 and < 7.2.16 · ≥ 7.3.0 and < 7.3.3
nvd redhat software collections generic 1.0

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00041.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3299 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77563 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0007/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-1/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2019-03-09By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.