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.
Weakness
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhead | Jhead_project | 3.00 (including) | 3.00 (including) |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Jhead | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908176
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://nimo-zhang.github.io/2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1/#more