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CVE-2015-7541
The initialize method in the Histogram class in lib/colorscore/histogram.rb in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows…
Critical10.0EPSS 3.5%
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- redhat
Description
The initialize method in the Histogram class in lib/colorscore/histogram.rb in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) image_path, (2) colors, or (3) depth variable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemscolorscoreGHSA-73qw-ww62-m54x (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160104 Remote Command Injection in Ruby Gem colorscore <=0.0.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-73qw-ww62-m54x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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