CVE-2021-34055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Jhead Project Subscribe	Jhead Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3219-1	jhead security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5294-1	jhead security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-20725	jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6108-1	Jhead vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/36
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00004.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5294

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T19:10:12.517Z

Reserved: 2021-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-34055

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:05:52.361Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-04T17:15:10.547

Modified: 2025-05-02T19:15:47.890

Link: CVE-2021-34055

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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