USN-6113-1

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    USN-6113-1

    Published: 30 May 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: Jhead vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing the Exif markers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6113-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6612

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jhead

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jhead?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm4

    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