What is CVE-2022-27811?

CVE-2022-27811 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GNOME Ocrfeeder, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2022-27811?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in GNOME Ocrfeeder

CVE-2022-27811

GNOME OCRFeeder before 0.8.4 allows OS command injection via shell metacharacters in a PDF or image filename.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Ocrfeeder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/ocrfeeder/-/merge_requests/13 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/ocrfeeder/-/commit/5286120c8bc8b7ba74e0f9b19b5262b509f38… (Patch)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/ocrfeeder/-/issues/20 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27811?: CVE-2022-27811 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GNOME Ocrfeeder, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-27811?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.