CVE-2008-4575 (GCVE-0-2008-4575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
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Summary
Buffer overflow in the DoCommand function in jhead before 2.84 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a long -cmd argument and (2) unspecified vectors related to "a bunch of potential string overflows."
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CWE
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