Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting jhead package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-JHEAD-2433535
  • published25 Mar 2022
  • disclosed23 Mar 2022

Introduced: 23 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-28275  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 jhead.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jhead package and not the jhead package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1