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CVE-2018-14883

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14883 is an integer overflow vulnerability in PHP's exif_thumbnail_extract function, affecting versions before 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.20, and 7.2.8, including canonical, debian, and netapp distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it allows for a heap-based buffer over-read, potentially leading to denial of service (A:H) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. 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
< 5.6.37CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0897 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-14883Low

php: exif: integer overflow leading to out-of-bound buffer read in exif_thumbnail_extract()

Jun 7, 2018

References

php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-7.php
Vendor Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181107-0003
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3766-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3766-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4353
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-12
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104871
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry