ubuntu-cve-2020-26208
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-02-02 12:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:46
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.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "jhead",
            "binary_version": "1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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      ]
    },
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        "1:3.00-5",
        "1:3.00-6",
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    },
    {
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          {
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
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      },
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        }
      ],
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        "1:3.04-1"
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26208",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:46:23Z",
  "published": "2022-02-02T12:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26208"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sources.debian.org/src/jhead/1%3A3.04-6/debian/patches/allocate-extra.patch/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26208"
    }
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    "USN-6098-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-26208"
  ]
}



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