UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26208 (CVE-2020-26208)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-02-02 12:15 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:46 – Source website
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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
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  "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": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26208"
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      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7"
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    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  ]
}



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