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CVE-2018-10549

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10549 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the exif_read_data function of PHP, affecting versions prior to 5.6.36, 7.0.30, 7.1.17, and 7.2.5. This flaw, caused by improper handling of crafted JPEG data lacking a null terminator in the MakerNote, impacts products from Canonical, Debian, NetApp, and PHP itself. Rated with a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0716 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php70-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10549Low

php: Out-of-bounds read in ext/exif/exif.c:exif_read_data() when reading crafted JPEG data

Apr 26, 2018

References

php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
PatchVendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-7.php
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2519
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201812-01
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180607-0003
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3646-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4240
Third Party Advisory
synology.com / support/security/Synology_SA_18_20
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-12
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104019
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040807
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry