UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28278

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28278

    Published: 23 Mar 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-28278
    Aliases:
    USN-6098-1

    Summary:

    Details: A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 via the RemoveSectionType function in jpgfile.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28278, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/a50953a266583981b51a181c2fce73dad2ac5d7d, https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/15, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28278

    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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