Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-26208
CVE-2020-26208
Description
JHEAD is a simple command line tool for displaying and some manipulation of EXIF header data embedded in Jpeg images from digital cameras. In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections. Crafted jpeg images can be provided to the user resulting in a program crash or potentially incorrect exif information retrieval. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.
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Affected products
3- JHEAD/JHEADdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgcnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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