CVE-2018-16554 Information

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 Vector

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

Reference

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/more

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8