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Debian: CVE-2016-3822: jhead -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-3822: jhead -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

exif.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.87, as used in libjhead in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via crafted EXIF data, aka internal bug 28868315.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-jhead

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