CVE-2026-90681 (GCVE-0-2026-90681)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 04:15
Modified
2026-09-14 14:58
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Matthias-Wandel | jhead |
Version: 3.0 Version: 3.1 Version: 3.2 Version: 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:matthias-wandel:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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