PT-2019-15765 · Matthew Petroff+3 · Jhead+3

Published 2019-11-17 · Updated 2023-08-24 · CVE-2019-19035

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 heap-based buffer over-read, which can lead to denial of service. The components ReadJpegSections and process SOFn in jpgfile.c are affected. The attack vector involves opening a specially crafted JPEG file.

Recommendations For jhead version 3.03, consider avoiding the use of the ReadJpegSections and process SOFn functions in jpgfile.c until a fix 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 issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-3269

ALT-PU-2023-5099

CVE-2019-19035

MGASA-2020-0014

USN-6098-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Jhead

References · 25

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765647 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19035 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0014.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPNV43VBUCMUBRBKPJBY4DDSYLHQ2GFR · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19035 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/GPNV43VBUCMUBRBKPJBY4DDSYLHQ2GFR · 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/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19035 · Vendor Advisory