Out-of-Bounds Affecting jhead package, versions <1:3.00-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-JHEAD-339554
  • published5 Aug 2016
  • disclosed5 Aug 2016

Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-3822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable jhead to version 1:3.00-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jhead package and not the jhead package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

exif.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.87, as used in libjhead in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via crafted EXIF data, aka internal bug 28868315.