UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840

    Published: 11 Aug 2023Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-28840

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in jpgfile.c in Matthias-Wandel jhead version 3.04, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service (DoS).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28840, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900820, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/8, https://github.com/Fstark-prog/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-xh27-xwgj-gqw2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28840

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jhead

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jhead@1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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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