CVE-2018-6612

An integer underflow bug in the process_EXIF function of the exif.c file of jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-04

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-125, CWE-191

Affected products

• Jhead (Jhead Project)

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889272
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/1:3.00-6