Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28275

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 23 March 2022

Published
23 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 50.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28275 is a medium-severity Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast (CWE-704) vulnerability in Jhead Project Jhead. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file.

CWE(s)
CWE-704

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

jhead project
jhead
3.04, 3.05

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References