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CVE-2009-2687

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2687 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the exif_read_data function of the PHP Exif module, affecting PHP versions prior to 5.2.10. Remote attackers can trigger a crash by providing a malformed JPEG image containing invalid offset fields. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0438 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-54.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.29
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2687Moderate

php: exif_read_data crash on corrupted JPEG files

Jun 18, 2009

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 55222
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/35441
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36462
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/37482
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/40262
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51253
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10695
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6655
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 824-1
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1940
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
php.net / releases/5_2_10.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35440
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1632
PatchVendor Advisory