JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202406-05

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

media-gfx/jhead on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.08
Unaffected versions >= 3.08

Background

JHead is an EXIF JPEG header manipulation tool.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/jhead-3.08"
 

References

Release date
June 22, 2024

Latest revision
June 22, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local

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