CVE-2015-8107 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2017-04-13

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7999	Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/284
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77595
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8107
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8107

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.03008}`	epss `{'score': 0.02}`

Subscriptions

Gnu A2ps

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-13T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:31.055Z

Reserved: 2015-11-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8107

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-13T14:59:00.917

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:34:03.510

Link: CVE-2015-8107

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8107 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-134
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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