CVE-2008-4575 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 15 Oct 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

A buffer overflow in jhead allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command-line arguments or malformed input.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-4575?

CVE-2008-4575 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4575?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sentex Jhead.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4575?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-4575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4575, GHSA-49v5-vhqj-7pjx.