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CVE-2011-0708

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0708 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Exif extension of PHP versions prior to 5.3.6, specifically impacting 64-bit platforms. Remote attackers can trigger an application crash by providing a specially crafted image file, which leads to a buffer over-read due to an incorrect cast within the exif.c file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-16261) exists, suggesting proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0b10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-16261 · Feb 28, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0983 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.35
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-1.el5_7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-27.el5_7.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-3.el6_1.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0708Low

php: buffer over-read in Exif extension

Feb 14, 2011

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html
marc.info
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/14/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/7
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0071.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
securityreason.com / securityalert/8114
support.apple.com / kb/HT5002
svn.php.net / viewvc
Patch
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2266
exploit-db.com / exploits/16261
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
php.net / archive/2011.php
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
php.net / releases/5_3_6.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html
securityfocus.com / bid/46365
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0744
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0764
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0890