CVE catalog

CVE-2017-16926

ohcount: CVE-2017-16926

Severity: Medium
Published: Nov 22, 2017, 8:29:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 5.58% · Oct 25, 2026

Ohcount 3.0.0 is prone to a command injection via specially crafted filenames containing shell metacharacters, which can be exploited by an attacker (providing a source tree for Ohcount processing) to execute arbitrary code as the user running Ohcount.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	ohcount	sid	`4.0.0-5`	fixed
Debian	ohcount	trixie	`4.0.0-5`	fixed
Debian	ohcount	bookworm	`4.0.0-3`	fixed
Ubuntu	ohcount	16.04	`3.0.0-8build2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	ohcount	16.04	`3.0.0-8.1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	ohcount	source	sid	`3.1.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[882372]
Debian	ohcount	source	trixie	`3.1.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[882372]
Debian	ohcount	source	bookworm	`3.1.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[882372]

[Debian bug #882372]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ohcount]Fixed
Details (2)
- 4.0.0-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · bookworm; dsa · ohcount · debian · 12
- 4.0.0-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · bookworm; dsa · ohcount · debian · 12
[ohcount-doc]Fixed
Source package: [ohcount]
Details (2)
- 4.0.0-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · bookworm; dsa · ohcount · debian · 12
- 4.0.0-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · bookworm; dsa · ohcount · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[ohcount]Fixed
Details (2)
- 4.0.0-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · 13
- 4.0.0-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · 13
[ohcount-doc]Fixed
Source package: [ohcount]
Details (2)
- 4.0.0-5 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · 13
- 4.0.0-5 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.1.0-1
  dsa · ohcount · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:27:47 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]