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CVE-2008-4639

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Sentex Jhead: through 2.84; 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 (+14)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/5
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/5
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020

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