7.5

CVE-2015-8560: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2015-0476UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8560USN-2838-1
Published 14-04-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8560 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DSA-3429-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10313-1RHSA-2016:0491SUSE-SU-2016:0112-1

Timeline

  1. 14-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • cups-filters< 1.4.0-1 | < 1.0.61-5+deb8u3
  • foomatic-filters< 4.0.17-7 | < 4.0.5-6+squeeze2+deb6u12
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0
Linuxfoundation2 products
  • cups-filters1.0.42 | 1.0.43 | 1.0.44 | 1.0.45 | 1.0.46 | 1.0.47 | 1.0.48 | 1.0.49 | 1.0.50 | 1.0.51 | 1.0.52 | 1.0.53 | 1.0.54 | 1.0.55 | 1.0.56 | 1.0.57 | 1.0.58 | 1.0.59 | 1.0.60 | 1.0.61 | 1.0.62 | 1.0.63 | 1.0.64 | 1.0.65 | 1.0.66 | 1.0.67 | 1.0.68 | 1.0.69 | 1.0.70 | 1.0.71 | 1.0.72 | 1.0.73 | 1.0.74 | 1.0.75 | 1.0.76 | 1.1.0 | 1.2.0 | 1.3.0
  • foomatic-filters4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.11 | 4.0.12 | 4.0.13 | 4.0.14 | 4.0.15 | 4.0.16 | 4.0.17
Ubuntu2 products
  • cups-filters< 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7
  • foomatic-filters< 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Canonical1 product
Mageia1 product
  • cups-filters< 1.0.71-1.2.mga5

5 vendors · 9 products

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