Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
OS Command Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in processDQT in jpgqguess.c.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Get32s when called from ProcessGpsInfo in gpsinfo.c.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Integer Underflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An integer underflow bug in the processEXIF function of the exif.c file of jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact.

First published (updated )

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