CVE-2018-6612

medium

Description

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.

References

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/1:3.00-6

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889272

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-04

Updated: 2020-08-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium