CVE-2021-28277 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting jhead versions 3.04 and 3.05, specifically within the RemoveUnknownSections function in jpgfile.c. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) that can be triggered by an unauthenticated attacker through user interaction, typically via a malicious file. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.