CVE-2015-8107
Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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
- 2.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2017-04-13 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-11-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 36f2bb118e7c1d2f65466d0de4f6cdfa02e78e7a8a1e0b0caea24446813acafe
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com77595http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77595
- seclists.org[oss-sec] 20151116 CVE-2015-8107 - a2ps(gnu) v4.14 format string vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/284
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- a2ps Fixed in 4.14-9
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.14-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.14-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.14-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.