CVE-2008-4575

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4575
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-10-15T20:07:42
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2009-02-10T06:55:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.82
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.4-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 Exploit
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770 Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32363
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4575
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4575
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:16:31 Added to TrackCVE