Denial of Service Vulnerability in jhead by Matthias Wandel
CVE-2021-28276

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Jhead Project

Status
Jhead
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 March 2022

What is CVE-2021-28276?

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in jhead versions 3.04 and 3.05. This vulnerability arises from a wild address read in the ProcessCanonMakerNoteDir function located in makernote.c, potentially allowing attackers to cause disruption in the service by exploiting this flaw. Users and administrators of jhead should assess their systems and consider implementing available patches to protect against this vulnerability.

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References

https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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