PT-2016-2563 · Matthew Petroff+2 · Jhead+2

Marco Nelissen · Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-3822

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jhead versions 2.87 Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-08-01

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted EXIF data. This is due to a buffer overflow in the exif.c file of the jhead tool, which is used in the libjhead library in Android.

Recommendations For jhead version 2.87, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-08-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-08-01.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01955

CVE-2016-3822

DLA-864-1

DSA-3825-1

MGASA-2017-0105

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2827-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0743-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10880-1

Affected Products

Android

Suse

Jhead

References · 36

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3822 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/jhead/+/bae671597d47b9e5955c4cb742e468cebfd7ca6b · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3822 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01955 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0105.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3822 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3822 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3825-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10880-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1 · Vendor Advisory