MEDIUM
jhead: insecure temporary file usage
Published Oct 21, 2008
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.84
- 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
- 2.82
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.32% 0.00322
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00322
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00322) | 22.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00322) | 23.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00034) | 6.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4639 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468053 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4639
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4639
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4639 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468053 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4639 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4639 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 21, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 21, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4639
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a