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CVE-2022-4515

CVE-2022-4515

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-78
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
n/a · Exuberant Ctags

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References
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00040.htmlhttps://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/HEAD/tree/tags/ctags-5.8/sort.c#l56