CVE-2018-14883

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An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8. An Integer Overflow leads to a heap-based buffer over-read in exif_thumbnail_extract of exif.c.

Published: 2018-08-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2018-14883 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.97%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-14883

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-14883

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-27 8.74% 8.97% +0.24%
2 2026-06-15 21.26% 8.74% -12.52%
3 2026-06-07 — 21.26% —

Full EPSS history (48 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-14883

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-14883

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-14883

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14883
suse medium CVE-2018-14883 severity moderate: SUSE including 206 source package names (apache2-mod_php5, apache2-mod_php5-5.2.14-0.7.30.111.35.1, …), 349 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 187, Known Not Affected 162. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14883/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-14883 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (php5, php7.0, php7.2), 12 status rows across 4 suites (bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14883

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-14883

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php php < 5.6.37 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.31 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storage_automation_store — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_automation_store:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-14883

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