VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-6624
jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in process_DQT in jpgqguess.c.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in process_DQT in jpgqguess.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- jhead project/jhead
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/711220#c3Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/876247#c0Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1858744Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/711220#c3Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/876247#c0Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1858744Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.