# CVE-2018-12882: libapache2-mod-php7.2: exif_read_from_impl in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP 7.2.x through 7.2.7 allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free (in ex...

CVE-2018-12882 is fixed in 37 products on 1 platform, first by libapache2-mod-php7.2 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, released June 24, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12882
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: n/a (Medium)
- EPSS: 0.0648
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Jun 24, 2018

## Description

exif_read_from_impl in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP 7.2.x through 7.2.7 allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free (in exif_read_from_file) because it closes a stream that it is not responsible for closing. The vulnerable code is reachable through the PHP exif_read_data function.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | libapache2-mod-php7.2 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [libapache2-mod-php7.2 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libapache2-mod-php7.2-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | libphp7.2-embed Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [libphp7.2-embed 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libphp7.2-embed-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-bcmath Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-bcmath 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-bcmath-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-bz2 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-bz2 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-bz2-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-cgi Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-cgi 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-cgi-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-cli Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-cli 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-cli-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-common 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-common-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-curl Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-curl 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-curl-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-dba Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-dba 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-dba-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-enchant Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-enchant 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-enchant-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-fpm Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-fpm 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-fpm-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-gd Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-gd 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-gd-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-gmp Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-gmp 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-gmp-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-imap Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-imap 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-imap-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-interbase Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-interbase 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-interbase-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-intl Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-intl 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-intl-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-json Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-json 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-json-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-ldap Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-ldap 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-ldap-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-mbstring Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-mbstring 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-mbstring-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-mysql Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-mysql 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-mysql-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-odbc Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-odbc 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-odbc-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-opcache Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-opcache 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-opcache-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-pgsql Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-pgsql 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-pgsql-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-phpdbg Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-phpdbg 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-phpdbg-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-pspell Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-pspell 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-pspell-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-readline Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-readline 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-readline-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-recode Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-recode 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-recode-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-snmp Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-snmp 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-snmp-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-soap Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-soap 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-soap-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-sqlite3 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-sqlite3 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-sqlite3-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-sybase Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-sybase 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-sybase-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-tidy Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-tidy 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-tidy-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-xml Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-xml 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-xml-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-xmlrpc Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-xmlrpc 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-xmlrpc-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-xsl Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-xsl 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-xsl-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |
| Linux | php7.2-zip Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | [php7.2-zip 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-php7.2-zip-7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Jun 24, 2018 |

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