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JHead "DoCommand()" Buffer Overflow Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA32340
Release Date: 2008-10-21
Popularity: 1,605 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:JHead 2.x

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Description:
A security issue has been reported in JHead, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to a boundary error within the "DoCommand()" function in jhead.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into using the "-cmd" argument to process a file having an overly long filename.

NOTE: Other similar security issues are reportedly also present.

This security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.84.

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