{"id":"USN-6110-1","summary":"Jhead vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted Canon\nimages when processing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2021-3496)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen printing Canon-specific information. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 20.04. (CVE-2021-28275)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen removing unknown sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04\nLTS. (CVE-2021-28277)\n\nKyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted\nimages when editing their comments. An attacker could possibly use this to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. (LP: #2020068)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:08Z","published":"2023-05-29T09:11:19Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28275","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28277","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3496"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-28275","CVE-2021-28277","CVE-2021-3496","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28275","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28277","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3496"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6110-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3496"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28275"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28277"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020068"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jhead","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/jhead@1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm3"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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