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CVE-2015-8107

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8107 describes a format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps version 4.14, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction and local access. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: a2ps
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: a2ps
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: a2ps

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8107Low

a2ps: output_file() format string flaw

Nov 16, 2015

References

seclists.org / oss-sec/2015/q4/284
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/77595
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry