jhead 3.06 jhead.c shellescape stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in jhead 3.06. Affected by this vulnerability is the function shellescape of the file jhead.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-28550. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in jhead 3.06 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function shellescape of the file jhead.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c, jhead. jhead copies strings to a stack buffer when it detects a &i or &o. However, jhead does not check the boundary of the stack buffer. As a result, there will be a stack buffer overflow problem when multiple `&i` or `&o` are given.

The weakness was shared 06/13/2023 as 51. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-28550 since 04/04/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Applying the patch 64894dbc7d8e1e232e85f1cab25c64290b2fc167 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-32992). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Patch: 64894dbc7d8e1e232e85f1cab25c64290b2fc167

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04/04/2022 🔍
06/13/2023 +435 days 🔍
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05/20/2026 +1072 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 51
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28550 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28550
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231484
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2023 23:32
Updated: 05/20/2026 03:37
Changes: 06/13/2023 23:32 (42), 07/13/2023 08:16 (11), 01/04/2025 00:01 (26), 05/20/2026 03:37 (1)
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