CVE-2021-28275
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJhead
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-704
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