Jhead ProjectCVEs & Vulnerabilities

18 CVEs affecting Jhead Project products, tracked from the National Vulnerability Database, with CVSS/EPSS scores and exploitation status.

Most Affected Products

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CVE-2025-44906HIGH

jhead v3.08 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the ProcessFile function at jhead.c.

30 May 2025
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2022-28550CRITICAL

Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c, jhead. jhead copies strings to a stack buffer when it detects a &i or &o. However, jhead does not check the boundary of the stack buffer. As a result, there will be a stack buffer overflow problem when multiple `&i` or `&o` are given.

13 Jun 2023
9.8
CVSS
CVE-2021-34055HIGH

jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u.

4 Nov 2022
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2022-41751HIGH

Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option.

17 Oct 2022
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2021-28278HIGH

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 via the RemoveSectionType function in jpgfile.c.

24 Mar 2022
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2021-28277HIGH

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilty exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 is affected by: Buffer Overflow via the RemoveUnknownSections function in jpgfile.c.

24 Mar 2022
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2021-28276HIGH

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 via a wild address read in the ProcessCanonMakerNoteDir function in makernote.c.

24 Mar 2022
7.5
CVSS
CVE-2021-28275MEDIUM

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.

24 Mar 2022
5.5
CVSS
CVE-2020-26208MEDIUM

JHEAD is a simple command line tool for displaying and some manipulation of EXIF header data embedded in Jpeg images from digital cameras. In affected versions there is a heap-buffer-overflow on jhead-3.04/jpgfile.c:285 ReadJpegSections. Crafted jpeg images can be provided to the user resulting in a program crash or potentially incorrect exif information retrieval. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.

2 Feb 2022
6.1
CVSS
CVE-2021-3496HIGH

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file.

22 Apr 2021
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2020-6625HIGH

jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Get32s when called from ProcessGpsInfo in gpsinfo.c.

9 Jan 2020
7.1
CVSS
CVE-2020-6624HIGH

jhead through 3.04 has a heap-based buffer over-read in process_DQT in jpgqguess.c.

9 Jan 2020
7.1
CVSS
CVE-2019-19035MEDIUM

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.

17 Nov 2019
5.5
CVSS
CVE-2019-1010302MEDIUM

jhead 3.03 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: iptc.c Line 122 show_IPTC(). The attack vector is: the victim must open a specially crafted JPEG file.

15 Jul 2019
5.5
CVSS
CVE-2019-1010301MEDIUM

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.

15 Jul 2019
5.5
CVSS
CVE-2018-17088HIGH

The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because there is an integer overflow during a check for whether a location exceeds the EXIF data length. This is analogous to the CVE-2016-3822 integer overflow in exif.c. This gpsinfo.c vulnerability is unrelated to the CVE-2018-16554 gpsinfo.c vulnerability.

16 Sep 2018
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2018-16554HIGH

The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT handling.

16 Sep 2018
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2018-6612MEDIUM

An integer underflow bug in the process_EXIF function of the exif.c file of jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact.

4 Feb 2018
5.5
CVSS
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