CVE-2018-16554

Upstream information

CVE-2018-16554 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1108480 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1108672 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2018:2827-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:40 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2018:3481-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:49:00 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1, published Sun May 16 21:38:55 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0752-1, published Wed May 19 21:39:26 2021

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	jhead >= 3.06.0.1-bp152.4.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-752
SUSE Package Hub 15	jhead >= 3.00-bp150.3.7.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-698 openSUSE-2019-858
openSUSE Leap 15.0	jhead >= 3.00-lp150.3.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-698 openSUSE-2019-858
openSUSE Leap 15.2	jhead >= 3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-743
openSUSE Tumbleweed	jhead >= 3.06.0.1-1.3	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10880

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15	jhead	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	jhead	Released

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 14 13:18:59 2018
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:04:22 2025