ubuntu-cve-2021-28275
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-03-23 21:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:47
Summary
Details

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "jhead",
            "binary_version": "1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "jhead",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/jhead@1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:3.03-3",
        "1:3.04-1",
        "1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1",
        "1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28275",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:47:03Z",
  "published": "2022-03-23T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28275"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/a50953a266583981b51a181c2fce73dad2ac5d7d"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6110-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28275"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6110-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-28275"
  ]
}



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