CVE-2008-4575
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4555)
- Published
- October 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4555 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
- sentex / jhead
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32363
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770(Patch)
- http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020(Exploit)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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