CVE-2018-17088

Published Sep 16, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
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 there is an integer overflow during a check for whether a location exceeds the EXIF data length. This is analogous to the CVE-2016-3822 integer overflow in exif.c. This gpsinfo.c vulnerability is unrelated to the CVE-2018-16554 gpsinfo.c vulnerability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2054-1 jhead security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8868 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 there is an integer overflow during a check for whether a location exceeds the EXIF data length. This is analogous to the CVE-2016-3822 integer overflow in exif.c. This gpsinfo.c vulnerability is unrelated to the CVE-2018-16554 gpsinfo.c vulnerability.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved
Sep 16, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 16, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM