Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting jhead package, versions <1:3.00-8
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- published25 Sept 2018
- disclosed16 Sept 2018
Introduced: 16 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16554 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 jhead to version 1:3.00-8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jhead package and not the jhead package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16554
- 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16554