SB2019112243 - Fedora 31 update for jhead
Published: November 22, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112243
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19035)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
jhead 3.03 is affected by: heap-based buffer over-read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: ReadJpegSections and process_SOFn in jpgfile.c. The attack vector is: Open a specially crafted JPEG file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.