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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-4544

The exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not validate TIFF start data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.

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CVE-2016-4544
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1 Nov 2026, 07:06 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-4544

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 May 2016, 01:59 UTC

The exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not validate TIFF start data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.

osv:CVE-2016-4544
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4544",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-4544",
    "summary": "The exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not validate TIFF start data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-4544",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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        "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72094"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436827,
  "published_at": "2016-05-22T01:59:29.277+00:00"
}