Out-of-bounds read in jhead - CVE-2019-19035
Published: November 17, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35063
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19035
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
jhead 3.03 is affected by: heap-based buffer over-read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: ReadJpegSections and process_SOFn in jpgfile.c. The attack vector is: Open a specially crafted JPEG file.
Affected software
jhead
Fedora
jhead
Fedora
jhead
How to mitigate CVE-2019-19035
Install update from vendor's website.
jhead - addressed in versions 3.04-1.el7, 3.04-1.el8, 3.04-1.fc29, 3.04-1.fc30, 3.04-1.fc31
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765647
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPNV43VBUCMUBRBKPJBY4DDSYLHQ2GFR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UOL6LCMEVOOB342EJ4TKWTPJAJPJSVWH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17