CVE-2020-26208
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.9%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS v2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 57th percentile
- Published
- 2022-02-02
- Updated
- 2025-05-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821
- F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc