CVE-2026-90681CWE-119CWE-125

CVE-2026-90681

Low · published September 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · 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
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer; CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-09-14T09:16Z
References (7)
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/ · [email protected]https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/98 · [email protected]https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30397052/poc.zip · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90681 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/914946 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403214/cti · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 03:22Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 SEP 04:15Z
    Matthias-Wandel jhead EXIF Parsing exif.c Get16u out-of-bounds
    cvelistv5