{"id":"CVE-2022-35928","summary":"AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability","details":"AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords lengths were not checked before being read. This vulnerability may lead to buffer overruns. This does _not_ affect source code found on aescrypt.com, nor is the vulnerability present when providing a password or a key via the `-p` or `-k` command-line options. The problem was fixed via in commit 68761851b and will be included in release 3.16. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should us the `-p` or `-k` options to provide a password or key.","aliases":["GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq"],"modified":"2026-10-21T02:49:15.430703484Z","published":"2022-08-03T19:25:12Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"range":[{"introduced":"= 3.11"},{"last_affected":"= 3.11"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandaloneSingleVersion"}]}],"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-120"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/35xxx/CVE-2022-35928.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/35xxx/CVE-2022-35928.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35928"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/paulej/aescrypt","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"68761851b"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"range":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"68761851b"}],"source":"DESCRIPTION"}]}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-35928.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}