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title: "CVE-2015-0232\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0232

Publication date 27 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The exif\_process\_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37,
5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer
free and application crash) via crafted EXIF data in a JPEG image.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0232?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0232?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

php5 in lucid and precise is built with mbstring, so
xp\_field->value does get properly set

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=2fc178cf448d8e1b95d1314e47eeef610729e0df> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0232)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0232)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0232)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0232)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2501-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2501-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 17 February 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0232>