DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8557
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2016-01-08T20:59:02.233Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:36.671735Z
Severity
  • 9.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The FontManager.getnixfontpath function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pygments

Package

Name
pygments
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pygments?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557.json"

Debian:12 / pygments

Package

Name
pygments
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pygments?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557.json"

Debian:13 / pygments

Package

Name
pygments
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pygments?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557.json"

Debian:14 / pygments

Package

Name
pygments
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pygments?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8557.json"