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CVE-2015-0839 json

The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by…

published 2017-08-02 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-0851

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.3%
EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of a short GPG key id from a keyserver to verify print plugin downloads.

Patch / fix

  • hplip Debian 13, Debian 12 3.15.11+repack0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0839

  • hplip Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.14.3-0ubuntu3.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0839

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • hplip openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.16.10-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10083-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0839 updated cvss 4.3

hplip: hp-plugin verified binary download with short key ID

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hplip
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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