CVE-2018-16554
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.30%jhead - security update
Published: 9/16/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16554
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/jheadfrom 0, < 1:3.00-8
- Debian/jheadfrom 0, < 1:2.97-1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |