CVE-2022-41751

Publication date 17 October 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
jhead	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm2

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6108-1
Jhead vulnerabilities
25 May 2023