# CVE-2019-9640: An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the EXIF component in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. There is an Invalid Read in exif_process_SOFn.

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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4403
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77540
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00043.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-3/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0007/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00044.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3299

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