CVE-2018-16554
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.77%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 77
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-134
Referencias
- 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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