Buffer overflow in Sentex Jhead
CVE-2008-4575
Buffer overflow in the DoCommand function in jhead before 2.84 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a long -cmd argument and (2) unspecified vectors related to "a bunch of potential string overflows."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sentex Jhead — versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/32363 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 (Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 (mailing-list)