CVE-2008-4641
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4621)
- Published
- October 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4621 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/26/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31921
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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