Upstream information

CVE-2021-3496 at MITRE

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1184756 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2
  • jhead >= 3.06.0.1-bp152.4.6.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-620
openSUSE-2021-752
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • jhead >= 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-594
openSUSE-2021-743
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • jhead >= 3.06.0.1-1.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10880

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 jhead Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Apr 13 22:09:22 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:50:10 2025