Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-4515
A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 68.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
References
Products affected by CVE-2022-4515
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cpe:2.3:a:exuberant_ctags_project:exuberant_ctags:-
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0