CVE-2008-4641 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-4641

The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84...

Vulnerability Description

The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

jhead
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4-1, 2.4-2, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

Timeline

Official Publish: October 21st, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.