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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-26208

In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.89%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.89% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
jhead project/jhead
Source
security-advisories@github.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.