Format string error in jhead - CVE-2018-16554

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Format string error in jhead - CVE-2018-16554

Published: September 16, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36696
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16554
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: www.sentex.net
Affected software:
jhead

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-16554

Install update from vendor's website.

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