# CVE-2019-1010301: jhead 3.03 is affected by: Buffer Overflow.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-15 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- jhead: 3.03

## Description

jhead 3.03 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gpsinfo.c Line 151 ProcessGpsInfo(). The attack vector is: Open a specially crafted JPEG file.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679952
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1838251
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/435112680/32_crash_in_gpsinfo
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WVQTORTGQE56XXC6OVHQCSCUGABRMQZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTGUHTJTQ6EKEPDXFSKZKVLUJC4UAPBQ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17

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