CVE-2015-8557

highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.067 · 94 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

6.72% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path 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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.2–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 6

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.2highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USprimaryCWE-78US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 15.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 15.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pygments pygments= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI pygments1.2.2 → 2.1osvUSpkg:pypi/pygments

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-fff8-4w9p-7v76Command Injection in Pygments2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The FontManager._get_nix_font_path 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.
PYSEC-2016-322016-01-08vendor · osvUS
The FontManager._get_nix_font_path 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.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-01-08modified 2026-06-17

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