CVE-2015-8557 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Pygments versions 1.2.2 through 2.0.2, specifically within the FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into a font name. With a CVSS score of 9.0 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact threat (C:H/I:H/A:H) with a network attack vector (AV:N) and no user interaction required (UI:N), though attack complexity is high (AC:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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