CVE-2019-11036 Heap over-read in PHP EXIF extension

What is CVE-2019-11036?

CVE-2019-11036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

When processing certain files, PHP EXIF extension in versions 7.1.x below 7.1.29, 7.2.x below 7.2.18 and 7.3.x below 7.3.5 can be caused to read past allocated buffer in exif_process_IFD_TAG function. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-126

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11036?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Php Php, Redhat Software Collections.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11036?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-11036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xr89-hqhp-26m9, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11036.