usn-6110-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-05-29 09:11
Modified
2026-06-29 10:53
Summary
Jhead vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted Canon images when processing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3496)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images when printing Canon-specific information. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04. (CVE-2021-28275)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images when removing unknown sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-28277)

Kyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images when editing their comments. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. (LP: #2020068)

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  "details": "It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted Canon\nimages when processing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2021-3496)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen printing Canon-specific information. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 20.04. (CVE-2021-28275)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen removing unknown sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04\nLTS. (CVE-2021-28277)\n\nKyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted\nimages when editing their comments. An attacker could possibly use this to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. (LP: #2020068)\n",
  "id": "USN-6110-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:02Z",
  "published": "2023-05-29T09:11:19Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6110-1"
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      "type": "REPORT",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "Jhead vulnerabilities",
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}



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