| Name | CVE-2024-2824 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in Matthias-Wandel jhead 3.08 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function PrintFormatNumber of the file exif.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-257711. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jhead (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.97-1+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1:3.00-4+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.00-8+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:3.04-6+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:3.06.0.1-6 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1:3.08-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jhead | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/84