exif_read_data reads very little data from what it used to read

Bug #31797

Submitted:

2005-02-01 21:42 UTC

Modified:

2005-02-02 00:29 UTC

Votes:	1
Avg. Score:	5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:	1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:	1 (100.0%)
Same OS:	1 (100.0%)

From:

shimi at shimi dot net

Assigned:

andrei (profile)

Status:

Closed

Package:

EXIF related

PHP Version:

4CVS, 5CVS (2005-02-01)

OS:

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

[2005-02-01 21:42 UTC] shimi at shimi dot net

Description:
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I have a script that parses EXIF data from images, displaying them as a new image (using GD) that contains the data. Lately (I am not sure when exactly, but I suspect it was after upgrading to STABLE-CVS due to fixing of the unserialize() bug I suffered badly from), it seems that most of the important EXIF data is simply not read (like ExposureTime, etc). I asked someone to verify that the image indeed has the details, and it looks that it does. Here's a screenshot from his EXIF read: http://uploaded.fresh.co.il/2005/02/01/76282133.png

Reproduce code:
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$data=exif_read_data("http://uploaded.fresh.co.il/2005/01/23/82728697.jpg");
print_r($data);

Expected result:
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See all EXIF data stored on file.

Actual result:
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Only part of the EXIF is retrieved:
Array
(
    [FileName] => 82728697.jpg
    [FileDateTime] => 1106515041
    [FileSize] => 102438
    [FileType] => 2
    [MimeType] => image/jpeg
    [SectionsFound] => ANY_TAG, IFD0
    [COMPUTED] => Array
        (
            [html] => width="494" height="616"
            [Height] => 616
            [Width] => 494
            [IsColor] => 1
            [ByteOrderMotorola] => 0
        )

    [ImageDescription] => OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         
    [Make] => OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
    [Model] => C4100Z,C4000Z
    [XResolution] => 72/1
    [YResolution] => 72/1
    [ResolutionUnit] => 2
)

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[2005-02-01 21:52 UTC] sniper@php.net

Add 'error_reporting(E_ALL);' to your script:

PHP Warning:  exif_read_data(82728697.jpg): corrupt EXIF header: maximum directory nesting level reached in Command line code on line 1

Corrupted image -> no bug in PHP.

[2005-02-01 22:05 UTC] shimi at shimi dot net

I see him not wanting to nest further, thus deciding that "the header is bad". I tried it on numerous images, made by numerous cameras (Nikon, Sony, Olympus) - in all of them I get the same error, the image loads FINE, and other utilities (not PHP) _CAN_ read the missing data. PHP could read it too in the past. This code worked, and it has not been touched, and has now stopped working.

If you insist that the problem is on my end, can you please give me a URL that EXIF DOES parse the EXIF data for correctly?

[2005-02-01 22:39 UTC] sniper@php.net

This patch broke it:

revision 1.118.2.30 date: 2005/01/21 23:47:06;  author: andrei;  state: Exp;  lines: +14 -2
Protect against corrupt EXIF headers that feature unlimited IFD tag nesting.

Assigned to the guilty one.. :)

[2005-02-01 22:49 UTC] shimi at shimi dot net

moving to subcategory that was added just a few minutes ago (EXIF)

[2005-02-02 00:29 UTC] iliaa@php.net

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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