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CVE-2021-28278

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Date: March 23, 2022

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

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17

Url: https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/15

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28278

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-28278

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28278

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-28278

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.06.0.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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