CVE-2022-28550

Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c,...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c, jhead. jhead copies strings to a stack buffer when it detects a &i or &o. However, jhead does not check the boundary of the stack buffer. As a result, there will be a stack buffer overflow problem when multiple &i or &o are given.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.05%Up 1.0 points since Jun 14, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2022-28550
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-120
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 9.8

Record: CVE-2022-28550
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-120
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-32992 9.8

Record: EUVD-2022-32992
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-phqx-gjxc-wrp9 9.8

Matthias-Wandel/jhead jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via shellescape(), jhead.c,...

Record: GHSA-phqx-gjxc-wrp9
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.8

Record: CVE-2022-28550
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28550 9.8

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28550
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-28550 No score

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28550
Updated: 2026-11-03

Affected products

jhead project jhead

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`jhead` Debian:12	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.06.0.1-61:3.08-11:3.08-21:3.08-3	None known
`jhead` Debian:13	before 1:3.08-1	1:3.08-1
`jhead` Debian:14	before 1:3.08-1	1:3.08-1
`jhead` Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:2.97-11:2.97-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.11:2.97-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm11:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm11:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm21:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm31:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm4	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.00-11:3.00-21:3.00-31:3.00-4+deb9u1build0.16.04.11:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm11:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm21:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm31:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.00-41:3.00-51:3.00-61:3.00-8~build0.18.04.11:3.00-8~ubuntu0.11:3.00-8~ubuntu0.21:3.00-8~ubuntu0.2+esm1	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.03-31:3.04-11:3.04-1ubuntu0.11:3.04-1ubuntu0.21:3.04-1ubuntu0.2+esm1	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.04-61:3.06.0.1-21:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.11:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.08-11:3.08-2	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.08-3	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.08-3build1	None known
`jhead` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1:3.08-31:3.08-3build1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-28550 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Jhead Project Jhead, published June 13, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in jhead 1:3.08-1.