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Debian: CVE-2018-16554: jhead -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-16554: jhead -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/16/2018
Created
01/02/2020
Added
01/02/2020
Modified
02/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-jhead

References

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