PT-2022-9886 · Jhead+4 · Jhead+4

Giantbranch · Published 2021-04-26 · Updated 2023-05-23 · CVE-2021-28278

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 3.04 through 3.05

Description A Heap-based Buffer Overflow issue exists via the RemoveSectionType function in jpgfile.c.

Recommendations For versions 3.04 and 3.05, consider disabling the RemoveSectionType function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1715

CVE-2021-28278

USN-6098-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Jhead

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/15 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6625 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28278 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28278 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6098-1 · Vendor Advisory