CVE-2020-26208

MEDIUM

Jhead < 3.04 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgc

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
jhead_project/jhead < 3.04
Published Feb 02, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026