VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-28275
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.66%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.66% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-704
- Affected
- jhead project/jhead
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.