What is CVE-2018-14851?

CVE-2018-14851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Storage Automation Store, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-14851?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-14851 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in NetApp Storage Automation Store

CVE-2018-14851

exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE in ext/exif/exif.c 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NetApp Storage Automation Store
PHP
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

geeknik/cve-fuzzing-poc

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104871 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0003/ (Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3766-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12 (Third Party Advisory)
php.net/ChangeLog-7.php (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
bugs.php.net/bug.php (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4353 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3766-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14851?: CVE-2018-14851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Storage Automation Store, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-14851?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-14851 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.