jhead 3.00 gpsinfo.c ProcessGpsInfo JPEG File integer overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in jhead 3.00. The impacted element is the function ProcessGpsInfo of the file gpsinfo.c. The manipulation as part of JPEG File results in integer overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-17088. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in jhead 3.00. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function ProcessGpsInfo of the file gpsinfo.c. The manipulation as part of a JPEG File leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was presented 09/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-17088 since 09/16/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118480 (openSUSE Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-2018-1292)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118480). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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