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CVE-2018-6612

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6612 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in the jhead 3.00 software, specifically within the process_EXIF function. This flaw can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a specially crafted JPEG file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with a high potential for denial-of-service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Third Party Advisory
launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/jhead/1:3.00-6
Third Party Advisory