CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8557

9.0 CRITICAL Published 2016-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-78

Description

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • pygments pygments 1.2.2 • pygments pygments 1.3 • pygments pygments 1.3.1 • pygments pygments 1.4 • pygments pygments 1.5 • pygments pygments 1.6 • pygments pygments 2.0 • pygments pygments 2.0.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References