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jhead — security advisory
A weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3. This affects the function Get16u of the file exif.c of the component EXIF Parsing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
- Products
- jhead
- Affected versions
- 1:2.97-1, 1:2.97-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, 1:2.97-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1, 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm3, 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm4, 1:3.00-1, 1:3.00-2, 1:3.00-3, 1:3.00-4, 1:3.00-4+deb9u1build0.16.04.1, 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4, 1:3.00-5, 1:3.00-6, 1:3.00-8~build0.18.04.1, 1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.1, 1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.2, 1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1:3.03-3, 1:3.04-1, 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1, 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2, 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1:3.04-6, 1:3.06.0.1-2, 1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1, 1:3.08-1, 1:3.08-2, 1:3.08-3, 1:3.08-3build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-90681
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3. This affects the function Get16u of the file exif.c of the component EXIF Parsing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90681
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Complete source record
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