Buffer overflow in Jhead Project
CVE-2022-28550
Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c, jhead. jhead copies strings to a stack buffer when it detects a &i or &o. However, jhead does not check the boundary of the stack buffer. As a result, there will be a stack buffer overflow problem when multiple `&i` or `&o` are given.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.011 (63.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jhead Project — versions 3.06
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/51 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/commit/64894dbc7d8e1e232e85f1cab25c64290b2fc167 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28550?
- CVE-2022-28550 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jhead Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-13.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28550?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-28550 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.