CVE-2021-28278

Publication date 23 March 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 via the RemoveSectionType function in jpgfile.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jhead 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H