Description
JHEAD is a simple command line tool for displaying and some manipulation of EXIF header data embedded in Jpeg images from digital cameras. In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections. Crafted jpeg images can be provided to the user resulting in a program crash or potentially incorrect exif information retrieval. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.
Published: 2022-02-02
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-18833 JHEAD is a simple command line tool for displaying and some manipulation of EXIF header data embedded in Jpeg images from digital cameras. In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections. Crafted jpeg images can be provided to the user resulting in a program crash or potentially incorrect exif information retrieval. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6098-1 Jhead vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00069}

epss

{'score': 0.00078}


Mon, 05 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Jhead Project Jhead
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-05T17:07:29.955Z

Reserved: 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26208

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:49:07.171Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-02T12:15:07.783

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:16:00.460

Link: CVE-2020-26208

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