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CVE-2020-26208

MEDIUM

5.3

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published2/2/2022

Last Modified5/5/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

jhead_project:jhead

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787CWE-787

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7(security-advisories@github.com)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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