CVE-2026-90681

medium

Description

A weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3. This affects the function Get16u of the file exif.c of the component EXIF Parsing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214

https://vuldb.com/submit/914946

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90681

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30397052/poc.zip

https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/98

https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00112