USN-6113-1: Jhead vulnerability

30 May 2023

Jhead could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • jhead - Manipulate the non-image part of Exif compliant JPEG files

Details

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing the Exif markers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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