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An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2021-3496)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen printing Canon-specific information. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 20.04. (CVE-2021-28275)\n\nIt was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images\nwhen removing unknown sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04\nLTS. (CVE-2021-28277)\n\nKyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted\nimages when editing their comments. An attacker could possibly use this to\ncrash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. (LP: #2020068)\n","status":"published","published":"2023-05-29T09:11:19Z","modified":"2026-06-29T13:50:48.089659083Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:16.738762Z"}]}}