CVE-2020-28840

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28840
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28840.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28840
Downstream
Related
  • GHSA-xh27-xwgj-gqw2
Published
2023-08-11T14:15:11.103Z
Modified
2026-04-11T16:25:35.042891Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in jpgfile.c in Matthias-Wandel jhead version 3.04, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service (DoS).

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/matthias-wandel/jhead

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/matthias-wandel/jhead
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/matthias-wandel/jhead
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "22708694695867634931681004538540366643",
                "11751138034829950508830305760280444044",
                "165457676957557909118827148440781991284",
                "34090575304609549547297553678404706818"
            ]
        },
        "id": "CVE-2020-28840-2886e8f4",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/matthias-wandel/jhead/commit/4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da",
        "deprecated": false,
        "target": {
            "file": "jpgfile.c"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1"
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "67584776302249895972607559024694253211",
            "length": 576.0
        },
        "id": "CVE-2020-28840-31077d1a",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/matthias-wandel/jhead/commit/4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da",
        "deprecated": false,
        "target": {
            "function": "process_COM",
            "file": "jpgfile.c"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1"
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28840.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T16:25:35Z"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "3.04"
            }
        ]
    }
]