USN-5820-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4515)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-01-24 02:19 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
exuberant-ctags vulnerability
Details
Lorenz Hipp discovered a flaw in exuberant-ctags handling of the tag filename command-line argument. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file could result in arbitrary command execution.
References
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"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:10Z",
"published": "2023-01-24T02:19:20Z",
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