CVE catalog
CVE-2021-3496
jhead: CVE-2021-3496
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.06% · Oct 25, 2026
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file.
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 | 1:3.03-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.04-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jhead | pro | 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 | fixed |
| Suse | jhead | package hub 15 sp2 | 3.00-bp152.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | jhead | leap 15.2 | 3.00-lp152.7.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jhead | source | sid | 1:3.04-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [986923] |
| Debian | jhead | source | forky | 1:3.04-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [986923] |
| Debian | jhead | source | trixie | 1:3.04-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [986923] |
| Debian | jhead | source | bookworm | 1:3.04-6 | unimportant | Not reported | [986923] |
| Ubuntu | jhead | deb | pro | 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3496 | Not reported |
| Suse | jhead | rpm | package hub 15 sp2 | 3.00-bp152.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0620-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | jhead | rpm | leap 15.2 | 3.00-lp152.7.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0594-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [jhead]Fixed
Details (2)
1:3.06.0.1-6· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:3.04-6dsa · jhead · debian · bookworm; dsa · jhead · debian · 12
1:3.06.0.1-6· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:3.04-6dsa · jhead · debian · bookworm; dsa · jhead · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [jhead]Fixed
Details (2)
1:3.08-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:3.04-6dsa · jhead · debian · 13
1:3.08-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:3.04-6dsa · jhead · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2021_0594-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3496]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3496]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0594-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0620-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3496]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-3496.json]
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