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CVE-2015-8107 json

Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-7999

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • a2ps Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:4.14-1.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8107

  • a2ps Arch Linux 4.14-9

arch linux advisories AVG-1150

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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-2015-8107 updated cvss 2.6

a2ps: output_file() format string flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 a2ps Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 a2ps, emacs-a2ps, emacs-a2ps-el Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 a2ps, emacs-a2ps, emacs-a2ps-el
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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