Upstream information

CVE-2018-6612 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1079349 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1, published Sun May 16 21:38:55 2021
openSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1, published Wed May 19 21:39:26 2021

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-2021-752
openSUSE Leap 15.2	`jhead >= 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-743
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`jhead >= 3.06.0.1-1.3`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10880

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Feb 5 13:23:39 2018
CVE page last modified: Sun Jun 16 00:01:32 2024