CVE-2015-0855
The _mediaLibraryPlayCb function in mainwindow.py in pitivi before 0.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a file path.
02 Description
The _mediaLibraryPlayCb function in mainwindow.py in pitivi before 0.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a file path.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-23 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a7bb938eff285355bd8626855a585794d691cef7a49e39d6a872a316fa0911a4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com97283http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97283
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/pitivi/commit/?id=45a4c84edb3b4343f199bba1c65502e3f49f5bb2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151223 pitivi: CVE-2015-0855: Insecure use of os.system()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/8
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pitivi/+bug/1495272
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pitivi Fixed in 0.95-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pitivi Fixed in 0.95-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pitivi Fixed in 0.95-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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