CVE-2026-90681 (GCVE-0-2026-90681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 04:15 – Updated: 2026-09-14 14:58
VLAI
Title
Matthias-Wandel jhead EXIF Parsing exif.c Get16u out-of-bounds
Summary
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
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
3.3 (Low)
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
3.3 (Low)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 14:58 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3874 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Matthias-Wandel jhead Affected: 3.0
Affected: 3.1
Affected: 3.2
Affected: 3.3
    cpe:2.3:a:matthias-wandel:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
fczhang (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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