CVE-2018-16554
HIGHjhead 3.00 - Denial of Service via GPS Info Format String Mismatch
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0177
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-134
Status
published
Products (1)
jhead_project/jhead
3.00
Published
Sep 16, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026