Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840
Aliases CVE-2020-28840
Summary 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).
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/Fstark-prog/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-xh27-xwgj-gqw2
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28840
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28840
1900820 Other https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900820
4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da Other https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/4827ed31c226dc5ed93603bd649e0e387a1778da
8 Other https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/8
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28840.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-10-09T18:44:13Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2020/28xxx/CVE-2020-28840.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2020-28840

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]