CVE-2018-14851 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in PHP versions before 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.20, and 7.2.8, specifically within the exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted JPEG file, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and NetApp. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H) due to an application crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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