HIGH
jhead: command exection caused by incorrect handling of the shell escapes
Published Oct 21, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.20% 0.02197
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02197
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 | 2.20% (0.02197) | 81.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02197) | 80.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.02% (0.02025) | 82.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.75% (0.04745) | 81.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.47% (0.01473) | 79.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 73.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 71.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 68.17th | 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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- 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/2008/11/26/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31921 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4641 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468057 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4641
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4641
| 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/2008/11/26/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31921 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4641 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468057 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4641 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4641 |
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-2008-4641
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a