CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-7541
10.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
The initialize method in the Histogram class in lib/colorscore/histogram.rb in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) image_path, (2) colors, or (3) depth variable.
Affected configurations
• colorscore project colorscore (<= 0.0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/ rubysec.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/2 www.openwall.com
- https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718 Patch
- http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/ rubysec.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/2 www.openwall.com
- https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718 Patch