CVE catalog
CVE-2018-6612
jhead: CVE-2018-6612
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.13% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jhead | sid | 1:3.08-3 | fixed |
| Debian | jhead | forky | 1:3.08-3 | fixed |
| Debian | jhead | trixie | 1:3.08-3 | fixed |
| Debian | jhead | bookworm | 1:3.06.0.1-6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jhead | source | sid | 1:3.00-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [889272] |
| Debian | jhead | source | forky | 1:3.00-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [889272] |
| Debian | jhead | source | trixie | 1:3.00-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [889272] |
| Debian | jhead | source | bookworm | 1:3.00-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [889272] |
| Ubuntu | jhead | deb | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | Not reported | USN-6113-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | jhead | deb | pro | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6612 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [jhead]Fixed
Details (2)
1:3.06.0.1-6· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:3.00-6dsa · jhead · debian · bookworm; dsa · jhead · debian · 12
1:3.06.0.1-6· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:3.00-6dsa · jhead · debian · bookworm; dsa · jhead · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [jhead]Fixed
Details (2)
1:3.08-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:3.00-6dsa · jhead · debian · 13
1:3.08-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:3.00-6dsa · jhead · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2021_0743-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6612]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6612]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6113-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6612]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-6612.json]
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