CVE-2018-16554

high

Description

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

https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-16

Updated: 2019-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High