CVE-2021-3496

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3496

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.06.0.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:3.04-6
debian debianbullseyefixed1:3.04-6
debian debianforkyfixed1:3.04-6
debian debiansidfixed1:3.04-6
debian debiantrixiefixed1:3.04-6

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.