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CVE-2020-26208

Published: 2 February 2022

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jhead
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.1)
focal
Released (1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1:3.04-6)
trusty
Released (1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (1:3.04-6)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1:3.04-6)
kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

xenial
Released (1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H