Buffer overflow in jhead - CVE-2019-1010301
Published: July 15, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35717
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010301
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.sentex.net
Affected software:
jhead
jhead
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
jhead 3.03 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gpsinfo.c Line 151 ProcessGpsInfo(). The attack vector is: Open a specially crafted JPEG file.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010301
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1838251
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679952
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/435112680/32_crash_in_gpsinfo
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WVQTORTGQE56XXC6OVHQCSCUGABRMQZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTGUHTJTQ6EKEPDXFSKZKVLUJC4UAPBQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17