CVE-2022-41751 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Jhead Project	Jhead

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.06.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/blob/63ce118c6a59ea64ac357236a11a47aaf569d622/jhead.c#L788
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/pull/57
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NM6FET4ZNWV4EQGKZTLZFWTNVODGVOK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EG26AD7KJAY5B6L6OERSGL4FRXJE3GOB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TAVB3ZX7E5ULEXESU5NXZIAHY6CVGCHB/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5294

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00041}`	epss `{'score': 0.00047}`

Tue, 13 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-13T15:27:49.974Z

Reserved: 2022-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41751

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:43.765Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T18:15:12.790

Modified: 2025-05-13T16:15:22.733

Link: CVE-2022-41751

Redhat

No data.

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