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high 7.5

CVE-2015-2265 json

The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary command…

published 2015-03-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2371

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups-filters Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.61-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2265

  • cups-filters Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2265

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

  • cups-filters SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 1.0.58-5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0805-1

  • cups-filters openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.2-1.11

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10313-1

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-2015-2265 updated cvss 5.8

cups-filters: remote command execution in remove_bad_chars() (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cups-filters, cups-filters-libs
    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

2.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.linuxfoundation.org https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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