CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26208
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-02-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
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.
Affected configurations
• jhead project jhead (< 3.04)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7 Patch, Third Party Advisory