CVE catalog
CVE-2016-4542
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4542
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.06% · Oct 25, 2026
The exif_process_IFD_TAG function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 does not properly construct spprintf arguments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted header data.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.1-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.1-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.2-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.2-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.2-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.3-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.3-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.3-9ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.4-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.4-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | 16.04 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | php5 | deb | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4542 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | php7.0 | deb | 16.04 | 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4542 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_1504-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4542]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-4542.json]
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