UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26208

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26208

    Published: 2 Feb 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-26208
    Aliases:
    USN-6098-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26208, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7, https://sources.debian.org/src/jhead/1%3A3.04-6/debian/patches/allocate-extra.patch/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26208

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jhead

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jhead@1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1:2.97-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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