CVE-2018-16554 — 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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HIGH

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

Published Sep 16, 2018

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.77%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.77% 0.01766

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01766

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.77% (0.01766)	77.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2026	2.45% (0.02454)	83.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.27% (0.00270)	68.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00270)	66.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 9, 2023	0.27% (0.00270)	63.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00227)	59.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.05% (0.01046)	28.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	1.05% (0.01046)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-134

References (3)

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176		x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more		x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 16, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Sep 6, 2018

Link CVE-2018-16554

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-16554

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-16554