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CVE-2018-16554

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

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 products

• jhead: 3.00

References

• 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
• 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

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