CVE-2026-90681
lowA weakness has been identified in Matthias-Wandel jhead up to 3.3.
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.
CVSS
3.3
3.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cna@vuldb.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 05:16
Modified: 2026-09-14 20:56
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/ cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/98 cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30397052/poc.zip cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90681 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/914946 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214/cti cna@vuldb.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗