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

EPSS: 0.011 (61.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.