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CVE-2015-8560
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x…
High7.3EPSS 5.3%
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- debian
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% 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 7.3.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (10)
- DSA-3419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151214 Re: CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape character (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2838-1 (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
- USN-2838-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151213 CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape character (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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