OS Command Injection Affecting pygments package, versions <2.0.1+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.56% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-PYGMENTS-281984
  • published8 Jan 2016
  • disclosed8 Jan 2016

Introduced: 8 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8557  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 pygments to version 2.0.1+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pygments package and not the pygments package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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