What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 20, 2022 CVE published
April 14, 2025 Record updated