cups-filters: foomatic-rip did not consider the back tick as an illegal shell escape character
Published Dec 17, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.17%
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick) characters in a print job.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.7.z
- 6.0
Configuration 2
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 15.10
Configuration 4
- 1.0.42
- 1.0.43
- 1.0.44
- 1.0.45
- 1.0.46
- 1.0.47
- 1.0.48
- 1.0.49
- 1.0.50
- 1.0.51
- 1.0.52
- 1.0.53
- 1.0.54
- 1.0.55
- 1.0.56
- 1.0.57
- 1.0.58
- 1.0.59
- 1.0.60
- 1.0.61
- 1.0.62
- 1.0.63
- 1.0.64
- 1.0.65
- 1.0.66
- 1.0.67
- 1.0.68
- 1.0.69
- 1.0.70
- 1.0.71
- 1.0.72
- 1.0.73
- 1.0.74
- 1.0.75
- 1.0.76
- 1.1.0
Configuration 5
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
foomatic-0:4.0.4-5.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0491
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cups
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cups
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cups-filters
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
foomatic
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | foomatic-0:4.0.4-5.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0491 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cups-filters | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | foomatic | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.17% (0.10171) | 95.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.17% (0.10171) | 95.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 18.15% (0.18149) | 95.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 20.71% (0.20710) | 95.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 19.46% (0.19458) | 95.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 20.71% (0.20710) | 95.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 18.15% (0.18149) | 94.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 20.61% (0.20605) | 95.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 18.05% (0.18054) | 94.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 20.61% (0.20605) | 95.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 19.36% (0.19358) | 95.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 16.92% (0.16920) | 94.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 9.53% (0.09526) | 92.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.01% (0.13011) | 93.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.01% (0.26013) | 94.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.01% (0.13011) | 93.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 90.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2023 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 88.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 88.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7406 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00065.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3411 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2831-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2831-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8327 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=806886 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287523 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-printing/2015/11/msg00020.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-printing/2015/12/msg00001.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8327
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8327
Change history (0)
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