CVE-2022-35928

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120 CWE-1284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
paulej	AESCrypt	= 3.11

References

https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22cPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrqPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22cPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrqPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 3, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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