Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6612
CVE-2018-6612
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.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/jhead&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/jhead&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/jhead&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-bp152.4.6.1
Patches
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References
2- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdThird Party Advisory
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/1:3.00-6nvdThird Party Advisory
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