PT-2008-5854 · Matsushita · Jhead

John Dong · Published 2008-10-21 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-4641

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jhead versions 2.84 and earlier

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input, due to a problem in the DoCommand function in jhead.c.

Recommendations For jhead versions 2.84 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4641

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10096-1

Affected Products

Jhead

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4641 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10096-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4641 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/26/4 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31921 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4641 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4575 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3 · Note