{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4640","details":"The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via vectors involving a modified input filename in which (1) a final \"z\" character is replaced by a \"t\" character or (2) a final \"t\" character is replaced by a \"z\" character.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:27.905873148Z","published":"2008-10-21T18:00:01.087Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4640"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4640"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jhead","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/jhead?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.85-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4640.json"}},{"package":{"name":"jhead","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/jhead?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.85-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4640.json"}},{"package":{"name":"jhead","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/jhead?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.85-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4640.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}