CVE-2021-28275

low-risk
Published 2022-03-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Jhead
Jhead

Affected Vendors

Jhead Project

References (4)

Exploit https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17
Exploit https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/17
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low