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CVE-2021-28278

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 via the RemoveSectionType function in jpgfile.c.

Affected products

• jhead: 3.04, 3.05

References

• https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/15
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17
• https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/15
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17

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