Is CVE-2009-2687 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2687 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2687?

CVE-2009-2687 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2687

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 4.4% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2680)
Published: August 5, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2680 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
php / php

References

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48378(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/55222(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35441(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36462(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37482(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40262(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:145(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:167(Broken Link)
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_10.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35440(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1632(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51253(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10695(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6655(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/824-1/(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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