CVE-2018-6612

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

jhead: 3.0

References

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

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