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CVE-2019-11040

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11040 is a critical vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.1.x, 7.2.x, and 7.3.x, specifically within the EXIF extension when parsing image data. This out-of-bounds read can be triggered remotely without authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure or a denial of service. While rated with a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0407 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.2-8020020191108065827.2c7ca891
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.3-8020020200715124551.ceb1cf90
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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 7Fixed in: rh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.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 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.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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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php70-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11040Moderate

php: Buffer over-read in exif_read_data()

Jun 18, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2519
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3299
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/35
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/38
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4527
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4529
Third Party Advisory