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CVE-2015-0232

php: Free called on unitialized pointer in exif.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 1, 2015

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in PHP's Exif extension. A specially crafted JPEG or TIFF file could cause a PHP application using the exif_read_data() function to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-822 · Untrusted Pointer Dereference