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7.8high

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 unspecif…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

  • nimo-zhang.github.io /2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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