| Name | CVE-2018-6612 |
| Description | An integer underflow bug in the process_EXIF function of the exif.c file of jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 889272 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jhead (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:3.04-6+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:3.06.0.1-6 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:3.08-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jhead | source | (unstable) | 1:3.00-6 | unimportant | | 889272 |
Notes
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/jhead.git/diff/debian/patches/0008-heap-buffer-overflow.patch?id=01f09ab772d0d341cdc1326490dd2aa5aa2a7784
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact