PT-2018-13629 · Jhead+2 · Jhead+2

Hanfang Zhang · Published 2018-09-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-16554

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jhead version 3.00

Description The issue is related to the ProcessGpsInfo function in the gpsinfo.c file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file. This is due to an inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG GPS ALT handling.

Recommendations For jhead version 3.00, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the ProcessGpsInfo function until a patch is available. Restrict access to handling of TAG GPS ALT to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2978

CVE-2018-16554

DLA-2054-1

MGASA-2018-0457

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2827-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3481-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0743-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10880-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Jhead

References · 34

• 🔥 https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176 · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0457.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2054-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16554 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10880-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16554 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0457 · Vendor Advisory