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CVE-2015-8327
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x…
High7.5EPSS 10.6%
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- mitre
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick) characters in a print job.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- USN-2831-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 78524 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-printing] 20151126 cups-filters 1.2.0 released! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2831-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=806886 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7406 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-printing] 20151201 Re: cups-filters 1.2.0 released! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- 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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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