exuberant-ctags — security advisory

{
  "id": "2caec21a39fdba812784b994e06917caa76445b97ba17a2b60b31338d1f06074",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "exuberant-ctags",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "exuberant-ctags",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "exuberant-ctags",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "exuberant-ctags",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/exuberant-ctags?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "exuberant-ctags",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/exuberant-ctags?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:5.9~svn20110310-18"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "exuberant-ctags",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/exuberant-ctags?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4515.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:03:10.375473531Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-4515"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4515"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-4515",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 325518,
  "published_at": "2022-12-20T19:15:25.19+00:00"
}