Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php7-fileinfo package, versions <7.2.34-150000.4.103.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-PHP7FILEINFO-3131860
  • published19 Nov 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2022

Introduced: 18 Nov 2022

CVE-2019-11042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 php7-fileinfo to version 7.2.34-150000.4.103.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7-fileinfo package and not the php7-fileinfo package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

When PHP EXIF extension is parsing EXIF information from an image, e.g. via exif_read_data() function, in PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.31, 7.2.x below 7.2.21 and 7.3.x below 7.3.8 it is possible to supply it with data what will cause it to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

CVSS Scores

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