All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2019-3269-2
ALT-PU-2019-3269-2

Package update jhead in branch sisyphus

Version3.04-alt1
Task#242743
Published2026-03-07
Max severityMEDIUM
Severity:

Closed issues (2)

CVE-2019-19035
MEDIUM5.5

jhead 3.03 is affected by: heap-based buffer over-read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: ReadJpegSections and process_SOFn in jpgfile.c. The attack vector is: Open a specially crafted JPEG file.

Published: 2019-11-17Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 5.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
CVE-2020-26208
MEDIUM6.1

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.

Published: 2022-02-02Modified: 2025-05-05
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 6.1
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
References