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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-2687 json

The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malf…

published 2009-08-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2680

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JPEG image with invalid offset fields, a different issue than CVE-2005-3353.

Patch / fix

  • php php 5.2.10
  • php RHEL 3 4.3.2-54.ent
  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.29
  • php RHEL 5 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.29
  • php-gd RHEL 5 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
  • php-cli RHEL 5 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
  • php-dba RHEL 5 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
  • php-pdo RHEL 5 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0040RHSA-2009:1461

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2687 updated cvss 5.8

php: exif_read_data crash on corrupted JPEG files

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-54.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-54.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-54.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-54.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-gd 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-cli 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-dba 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-pdo 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-xml 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-54.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-54.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-54.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-54.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.29, php-gd 4.3.9-3.29, php-imap 4.3.9-3.29, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.29, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.29, php-pear 4.3.9-3.29, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.29, php-gd 4.3.9-3.29, php-imap 4.3.9-3.29, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.29, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.29, php-pear 4.3.9-3.29, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-gd 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-cli 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-dba 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-pdo 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, php-xml 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5, +12 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-54.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-54.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-54.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-54.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.29, php-gd 4.3.9-3.29, php-imap 4.3.9-3.29, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.29, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.29, php-pear 4.3.9-3.29, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-54.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-54.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-54.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-54.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-54.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.29, php-gd 4.3.9-3.29, php-imap 4.3.9-3.29, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.29, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.29, php-pear 4.3.9-3.29, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0040

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Exploit prediction

4.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48378 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.