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CVE-2018-16554 (GCVE-0-2018-16554)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-16 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-15 00:00
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