A weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3. This affects the function Get16u of the file exif.c of the component EXIF Parsing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3. This affects the function Get16u of the file exif.c of the component EXIF Parsing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title Matthias-Wandel jhead EXIF Parsing exif.c Get16u out-of-bounds
First Time appeared Matthias-wandel
Matthias-wandel jhead
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:matthias-wandel:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Matthias-wandel
Matthias-wandel jhead
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-09-14T04:15:11.640Z

Updated: 2026-09-14T14:58:58.979Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T04:47:43.651Z

Link: CVE-2026-90681

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T14:58:53.426Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-14T05:16:58.537

Modified: 2026-09-14T20:56:48.220

Link: CVE-2026-90681

cve-icon Redhat

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