Critical
Security advisory
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 7.1.30, 7.2.x below 7.2.19 and 7.3.x below 7.3.6 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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-11040
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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 7.1.30, 7.2.x below 7.2.19 and 7.3.x below 7.3.6 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.
osv:CVE-2019-11040
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11040",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2019-11040",
"summary": "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 7.1.30, 7.2.x below 7.2.19 and 7.3.x below 7.3.6 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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.628894592Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3299",
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/35",
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/38",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4527",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4529",
"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77988"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 436154,
"published_at": "2019-06-19T00:15:12.47+00:00"
}