CVE-2015-2265

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-03-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-2265 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.77%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-2265

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2265

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-02 2.52% 5.77% +3.24%
2 2025-03-30 10.21% 2.52% -7.69%
3 2025-03-29 — 10.21% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2265

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2265

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2265

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-2265 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2265
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2265
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-2265 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 3, DNE 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2265

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxfoundation cups-filters <= 1.0.65 cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2265

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