THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-27811
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-27811

Ocrfeeder vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
GNOME OCRFeeder before 0.8.4 allows OS command injection via shell metacharacters in a PDF or image filename.
Affected vendor
Gnome
Affected product
Ocrfeeder
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2022-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-27811

  • Confirm whether Gnome Ocrfeeder is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-27811.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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