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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12882: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12882: Use After Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
10/02/2024
Added
10/01/2024
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

exif_read_from_impl in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP 7.2.x through 7.2.7 allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free (in exif_read_from_file) because it closes a stream that it is not responsible for closing. The vulnerable code is reachable through the PHP exif_read_data function.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-php7

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