diff --git a/includes/media/BitmapHandler.php b/includes/media/BitmapHandler.php
index 071010eb18f..ee909a5855d 100644
--- a/includes/media/BitmapHandler.php
+++ b/includes/media/BitmapHandler.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class BitmapHandler extends TransformationalImageHandler {
 					< $sharpenReductionThreshold
 				) {
 					// Hack, since $wgSharpenParameter is written specifically for the command line convert
-					list( $radius, $sigma ) = explode( 'x', $sharpenParameter );
+					list( $radius, $sigma ) = explode( 'x', $sharpenParameter, 2 );
 					$im->sharpenImage( (float)$radius, (float)$sigma );
 				}
 				$qualityVal = isset( $params['quality'] ) ? (string)$params['quality'] : null;
diff --git a/includes/media/Exif.php b/includes/media/Exif.php
index a14364ff661..21ff1f4aa02 100644
--- a/includes/media/Exif.php
+++ b/includes/media/Exif.php
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class Exif {
 			// We know altitude data is a <num>/<denom> from the validation
 			// functions ran earlier. But multiplying such a string by -1
 			// doesn't work well, so convert.
-			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $this->mFilteredExifData['GPSAltitude'] );
+			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $this->mFilteredExifData['GPSAltitude'], 2 );
 			$this->mFilteredExifData['GPSAltitude'] = (int)$num / (int)$denom;
 
 			if ( isset( $this->mFilteredExifData['GPSAltitudeRef'] ) ) {
@@ -530,11 +530,11 @@ class Exif {
 		if ( isset( $loc ) && isset( $dir )
 			&& ( $dir === 'N' || $dir === 'S' || $dir === 'E' || $dir === 'W' )
 		) {
-			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[0] );
+			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[0], 2 );
 			$res = (int)$num / (int)$denom;
-			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[1] );
+			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[1], 2 );
 			$res += ( (int)$num / (int)$denom ) * ( 1 / 60 );
-			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[2] );
+			list( $num, $denom ) = explode( '/', $loc[2], 2 );
 			$res += ( (int)$num / (int)$denom ) * ( 1 / 3600 );
 
 			if ( $dir === 'S' || $dir === 'W' ) {
diff --git a/includes/media/FormatMetadata.php b/includes/media/FormatMetadata.php
index 4ea35057301..d8dd2c1e824 100644
--- a/includes/media/FormatMetadata.php
+++ b/includes/media/FormatMetadata.php
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ class FormatMetadata extends ContextSource {
 			if ( $tag == 'GPSTimeStamp' && count( $vals ) === 3 ) {
 				// hour min sec array
 
-				$h = explode( '/', $vals[0] );
-				$m = explode( '/', $vals[1] );
-				$s = explode( '/', $vals[2] );
+				$h = explode( '/', $vals[0], 2 );
+				$m = explode( '/', $vals[1], 2 );
+				$s = explode( '/', $vals[2], 2 );
 
 				// this should already be validated
 				// when loaded from file, but it could
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class FormatMetadata extends ContextSource {
 					case 'MaxApertureValue':
 						if ( strpos( $val, '/' ) !== false ) {
 							// need to expand this earlier to calculate fNumber
-							list( $n, $d ) = explode( '/', $val );
+							list( $n, $d ) = explode( '/', $val, 2 );
 							if ( is_numeric( $n ) && is_numeric( $d ) ) {
 								$val = (int)$n / (int)$d;
 							}
diff --git a/includes/media/JpegHandler.php b/includes/media/JpegHandler.php
index 17b10d9e831..5c49be9dc04 100644
--- a/includes/media/JpegHandler.php
+++ b/includes/media/JpegHandler.php
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class JpegHandler extends ExifBitmapHandler {
 			->execute();
 
 		// Explode EXIF data into an array with [0 => Color Space, 1 => Device Model Desc]
-		$data = explode( "\t", trim( $result->getStdout() ) );
+		$data = explode( "\t", trim( $result->getStdout() ), 3 );
 
 		if ( $result->getExitCode() !== 0 ) {
 			return false;