CVE-2018-16554: The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via…

PriorityP433high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.77%

75.5th percentile

The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT handling.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	jhead	< jhead 1:3.00-8 (bookworm)	jhead 1:3.00-8 (bookworm)
jhead_project	jhead	—	—
jhead_project	jhead	>= 0 < 1:3.00-8	1:3.00-8
jhead_project	jhead	>= 0 < 1:3.00-8	1:3.00-8
jhead_project	jhead	>= 0 < 1:3.00-8	1:3.00-8
jhead_project	jhead	>= 0 < 1:3.00-8	1:3.00-8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

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