# CVE-2022-35928: AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability

> Buffer overflow in AES Crypt for Linux password prompt allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq

## What is CVE-2022-35928?

CVE-2022-35928 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in paulej AESCrypt, published on 3 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords lengths were not checked before being read. This vulnerability may lead to buffer overruns. This does _not_ affect source code found on aescrypt.com, nor is the vulnerability present when providing a password or a key via the `-p` or `-k` command-line options. The problem was fixed via in commit 68761851b and will be included in release 3.16. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should us the `-p` or `-k` options to provide a password or key.

Weakness: CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input), CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35928?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aescrypt Aes Crypt.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35928?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35928 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35928 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35928 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in paulej AESCrypt, published on 3 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: paulej AESCrypt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35928/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35928/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35928
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35928
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35928

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35928/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.