High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16554
CVE-2018-16554
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
5- cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/jhead&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/jhead&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/jhead&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.06.0.1-bp152.4.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.htmlnvd
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