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CVE-2009-2687

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
Severity4.3Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability4.38 %higher than 91% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JPEG image with invalid offset fields, a different issue than CVE-2005-3353.

CVSS

Base score
4.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
4.38 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
91
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Debian — Debian LinuxPHP — PHP

CWEs

References

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