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Bug #78442 "Illegal component" on exif_read_data since PHP7
Submitted: 2019-08-21 21:41 UTC Modified: 2019-09-12 03:41 UTC
From: prefix_php at digitalimagecorp dot de Assigned: kalle (profile)
Status: Closed Package: EXIF related
PHP Version: 7.3.8 OS: Linux (multiple)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-08-21 21:41 UTC] prefix_php at digitalimagecorp dot de 
Description:
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When migrating my server from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.2 / 7.3, processing EXIF data from several image files stopped working with error messages such as
"PHP Warning:  exif_read_data(DSC00053.JPG): Process tag(xA100=UndefinedTa): Illegal components(0) in Command line code on line 1"

It seems at least some data can be extracted, but things like extracting the preview image using `exif_thumbnail` won't work.

The reference picture can be found here: http://pompeji.digitalimagecorp.de/fotos/galerie-3/DSC00053.JPG

The bug may be similar to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75785, but the error message is different.

Test script:
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php -r '$exif = exif_read_data( "DSC00053.JPG", "EXIF" ); print_r($exif);'
php -r 'exif_thumbnail("DSC00053.JPG");'

Expected result:
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Extracting the thumbnail with `exif_thumbnail` should work.

Actual result:
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The thumbnail doesn't seem to be found in the EXIF data.

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 [2019-08-23 15:39 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2019-09-12 03:36 UTC] [email protected] 
Automatic comment on behalf of kalle
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=2823e938d4911c265c8100e39164711be0241074
Log: Fixed bug #78442 ('Illegal component' on exif_read_data since PHP7)
 [2019-09-12 03:36 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 [2019-09-12 03:41 UTC] [email protected]
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: kalle
 [2019-09-12 03:41 UTC] [email protected] 
The fix for this should be in either this month or next months release of PHP from the 7.2+ branch.
 
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