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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Matthias-Wandel jhead affected
Version Status Constraints
3.0 affected —
3.1 affected —
3.2 affected —
3.3 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/ cve-icon
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/98 cve-icon
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30397052/poc.zip cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90681 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/914946 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214/cti cve-icon
History

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Matthias-Wandel jhead EXIF Parsing exif.c Get16u out-of-bounds
First Time appeared Matthias-wandel
Matthias-wandel jhead
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:matthias-wandel:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Matthias-wandel
Matthias-wandel jhead
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T04:15:11.640Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T04:47:43.651Z

Link: CVE-2026-90681

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