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.
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
| Link | Tags |
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| https://vuldb.com/?id.257711 | vdb entry technical description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.257711 | signature permissions required |
| https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/84 | issue tracking |
| https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/files/14613084/poc.zip | exploit |