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CVE-2019-9639

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Mar 09, 2019 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9639
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/908.html

An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. There is an uninitialized read in exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE because of mishandling the data_len variable.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PhpPhp*7.1.27 (excluding)
PhpPhp7.2.0 (including)7.2.16 (excluding)
PhpPhp7.3.0 (including)7.3.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatphp:7.2-8020020191108065827.2c7ca891*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSRedHatrh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSRedHatrh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSRedHatrh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSRedHatrh-php71-php-0:7.1.30-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSRedHatrh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSRedHatrh-php72-php-0:7.2.24-1.el7*
Php5Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Php5Ubuntutrusty*
Php5Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Php7.0Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/xenial*
Php7.0Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Php7.0Ubuntuxenial*
Php7.2Ubuntubionic*
Php7.2Ubuntucosmic*
Php7.2Ubuntudevel*
Php7.2Ubuntudisco*
Php7.2Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Php7.2Ubuntuupstream*
Php7.3Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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