VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16554

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references