Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-26208 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Jhead Project Jhead

047910
CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
jhead-project
CWE-787

Summary

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.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)