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CVE-2015-8971
Terminology 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via escape sequences that modify the window title and then are…
High7.8EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Terminology 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via escape sequences that modify the window title and then are written to the terminal, a similar issue to CVE-2003-0063.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% 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 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20161104 Re: CVE request: Escape Sequence Command Execution vulnerability in Terminology 0.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 94132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161104 CVE request: Escape Sequence Command Execution vulnerability in Terminology 0.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161107 Re: CVE request: Escape Sequence Command Execution vulnerability in Terminology 0.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3712 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://git.enlightenment.org/apps/terminology.git/commit/?id=b80bedc7c21ecffe99d8d142930db696eebdd6a5 (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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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