CVE-2018-16554
jhead - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16554
To remediate CVE-2018-16554, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:3.00-8 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.97-1+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2018-16554 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:3.00-8
- from 0, < 1:2.97-1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |