stuck on jpg image forensics task

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I am trying to understand a jpg forensics problem, the organizers mentioned that i need to change 1 or a few bytes in the ff c0 segment, i can't seem to figure it out at all, the name of the challenge is no_limts and description says you need to go deeper

Relevant segment

00000100: 0c0c ffc0 0011 0801 a001 6703 0122 0002  ..........g.."..
0000ffc0: ac85 64e2 1969 6fb5 06b3 b392 6646 da83  ..d..io.....fF..

Exif tools

ExifTool Version Number         : 11.88
File Name                       : shrek1.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 76 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2023:11:30 22:05:02+05:30
File Access Date/Time           : 2023:11:30 22:05:08+05:30
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2023:11:30 22:05:02+05:30
File Permissions                : rw-rw-r--
File Type                       : JPEG
File Type Extension             : jpg
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
JFIF Version                    : 1.01
Exif Byte Order                 : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
Orientation                     : Horizontal (normal)
X Resolution                    : 1
Y Resolution                    : 1
Resolution Unit                 : None
Y Cb Cr Positioning             : Centered
Image Width                     : 65535
Image Height                    : 511
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 255
Image Size                      : 65535x511
Megapixels                      : 33.5

I tried reading the lsb encoding, tried using binwalk, tried strings

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tricky_ninja On

Solved it by changing the components field to 4 and increasing the height field