Vulnerability CVE-2020-26208
Published: 2022-02-02

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.

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Jhead project -> Jhead 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7
https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4
https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc
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