CVE-2022-35928
HIGHAES Crypt 3.11 - Buffer Overflow via Command-Line Password Prompt
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c
Scores
CVSS v3
8.4
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
aescrypt/aes_crypt
3.11
Published
Aug 03, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026