Heap-buffer-overflow in jhead
CVE-2020-26208

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Jhead Project

Status
Jhead
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 February 2022

What is CVE-2020-26208?

JHEAD is a simple command line tool for displaying and some manipulation of EXIF header data embedded in Jpeg images from digital cameras. In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections. Crafted jpeg images can be provided to the user resulting in a program crash or potentially incorrect exif information retrieval. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.

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References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821
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https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7
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https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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