MGASA-2017-0105

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    MGASA-2017-0105

    Published: 4 Apr 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3822

    Summary: Updated jhead packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that jhead, a tool to manipulate the non-image part of EXIF compliant JPEG files, is prone to an out-of-bounds access vulnerability, which may result in denial of service or, potentially, the execution of arbitrary code if an image with specially crafted EXIF data is processed.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0105.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20616, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3825, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858213

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jhead

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/jhead?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.97-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High