PT-2019-11554 · Matthew Petroff+4 · Jhead+4

CVE-2019-1010301 · Published 2019-07-15 · Updated 2023-08-24

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: jhead version 3.03

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow, which can cause a denial of service. The component affected is gpsinfo.c, specifically at Line 151 in the ProcessGpsInfo() function. The attack vector involves opening a specially crafted JPEG file.

Recommendations: For jhead version 3.03, consider avoiding the use of the ProcessGpsInfo() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of JPEG files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2540

ALT-PU-2019-3269

ALT-PU-2023-5099

CVE-2019-1010301

DLA-2054-1

MGASA-2020-0014

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0743-1

USN-6098-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Jhead

References · 47

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1838251 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679952 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010301 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0014.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1010301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://launchpadlibrarian.net/435112680/32_crash_in_gpsinfo · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/GPNV43VBUCMUBRBKPJBY4DDSYLHQ2GFR · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6625 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/3WVQTORTGQE56XXC6OVHQCSCUGABRMQZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010302 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010301 · Vendor Advisory