CVE-2016-6292: php NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-6292 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 3.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4Timeline
- 25-07-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The exif_process_user_comment function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted JPEG image.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.89%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.89% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.php.net)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
- php7.0< 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Php1 product
- phpEOL≤ 5.5.37 | 5.6.0:alpha1 | 5.6.0:alpha2 | 5.6.0:alpha3 | 5.6.0:alpha4 | 5.6.0:alpha5 | 5.6.0:beta1 | 5.6.0:beta2 | 5.6.0:beta3 | 5.6.0:beta4 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.2 | 5.6.3 | 5.6.4 | 5.6.5 | 5.6.6 | 5.6.7 | 5.6.8 | 5.6.9 | 5.6.10 | 5.6.11 | 5.6.12 | 5.6.13 | 5.6.14 | 5.6.15 | 5.6.16 | 5.6.17 | 5.6.18 | 5.6.19 | 5.6.20 | 5.6.21 | 5.6.22 | 5.6.23 | 7.0.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.3 | 7.0.4 | 7.0.5 | 7.0.8
2 vendors · 3 products
References
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- support.apple.com/HT207170X Refsource CONFIRM