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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26208

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 jhead

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.04-6"}]}]

Debian:13 jhead

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.04-6"}]}]

Debian:14 jhead

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.04-6"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org