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CVE-2018-16554

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16554 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in jhead 3.00, specifically within the ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file. This flaw arises from an inconsistency between float and double types in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT handling. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service or achieve other unspecified impacts through a specially crafted JPEG file, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
nimo-zhang.github.io / 2018/09/07/bug-analysis-1
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory