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CVE-2015-2265
The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via consecutive shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2532-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-2371 (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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