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FKIE_CVE-2022-35928

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-08-03 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:52

Severity

8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

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

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c	Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq	Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	aescrypt	aes_crypt	3.11

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CVE-2022-35928 (GCVE-0-2022-35928)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-03 19:25 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:54

Title

AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:51 UTC

CWE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/6876185…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
paulej	AESCrypt	Affected: = 3.11

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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