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.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


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Matthias-wandel Jhead
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-90681

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-90681

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-125

    Out-of-bounds Read