CVE-2018-6612

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6612
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-04 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer underflow bug in the process_EXIF function of the exif.c file of jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-191

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jhead Project Jhead 3.0 All All All
Application Jhead Project Jhead 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1:3.00-6 : jhead package : Ubuntu CONFIRM launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
#889272 - jhead: CVE-2018-6612: heap buffer overflow while running jhead - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199498 Ubuntu Security Notification for Jhead Vulnerability (USN-6113-1)
  • 750206 OpenSUSE Security Update for jhead (openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1)

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