CVE-2018-14851: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Netapp Storage Automation Store: affected versions not specified
• PHP PHP: up to and including 5.6.36; from 7.0.0, before 7.0.31 (fixed in 7.0.31); from 7.1.0, before 7.1.20 (fixed in 7.1.20); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.8 (fixed in 7.2.8)

Published 2018-08-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.