TI-2015-02005 Aliases CVE-2015-2265 GHSA-4f5g-64px-29pq

The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66…

LOW 38CWE-77Published 2015-03-24 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via consecutive shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02958 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::	14.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*	14.10	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters::::::::	up to 1.0.65	Vulnerable	backstage

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.65 Vulnerable ·backstage

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2265
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4f5g-64px-29pq

References

Exploit 1

https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265

Patch 1

USN-2532-1

Advisory 3

Other 1

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html

Sources

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