James Ashton has a niche vulnerability footprint centered on the compface utility, a specialized image-encoding tool used for embedding face images in email headers. The durable signal in this vendor's disclosures reflects memory-safety issues, specifically improper restriction of operations within buffer bounds, which is characteristic of image-parsing code. Current exploitation activity and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by James Ashton over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
1 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2009-2286MEDIUM Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration in a .xbm file. NOTE: this issue only affe | Jul 1, 2009 | 4.3 | 22 | NO | YES |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
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