CVE-2018-17088
Publication date 16 September 2018
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that jhead did not properly handle certain crafted input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious JPEG file, a remote attacker could cause jhead to crash.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| jhead | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1:3.00-8~build0.18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1:3.00-8+deb9u1build.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1:2.97-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.8 · High
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| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |