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 a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- jhead project/jhead
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#moreExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#moreExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.