CVE-2022-28550 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting jhead 3.06, specifically within the shellescape() function in jhead.c. This flaw occurs when jhead attempts to copy strings containing multiple '&i' or '&o' characters to a stack buffer without proper boundary checks. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing for unauthenticated remote exploitation with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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