CVE-2008-1568

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-1568 · Published 31/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1568 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting comix (comix).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
comix comix	`= 3.6.4`	No fix yet

Description

comix 3.6.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a filename containing shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized when executing the rar, unrar, or jpegtran programs.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/29621
secunia.com/advisories/29731
secunia.com/advisories/29956
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml
securityfocus.com/bid/28547
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41554
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html

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