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CVE-2019-9640

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9640 is an invalid read vulnerability within the EXIF component of PHP versions prior to 7.1.27, 7.2.16, and 7.3.3, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0618 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

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 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 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
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-2019-9640Moderate

php: Invalid read in exif_process_SOFn()

Jan 29, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00044.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
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190502-0007
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3922-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3922-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3922-3
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4403
Third Party Advisory