CVE Vulnerability

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 string during TAG_GPS_ALT handling.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more Exploit Patch
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176 Exploit Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-09-16 02:29

Updated : 2019-12-31 08:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-16554

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16554

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String