jhead buffer overflow
Published Oct 15, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.73%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.82
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.4-1
- 2.4-2
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01725) | 76.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01725) | 74.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.78% (0.00775) | 71.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.24% (0.01236) | 86.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01267) | 85.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 1.31% (0.01310) | 85.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 83.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 84.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32363 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4575 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467262 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4575
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4575
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32363 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4575 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467262 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4575 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4575 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
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