CVE-2015-8971
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Terminology 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via escape sequences that modify the window title and then are written to the terminal, a similar issue to CVE-2003-0063.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.7.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.7.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.7.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.7.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.7.0-2 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| enlightenment | terminology | 0.7.0 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3712
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94132
- https://git.enlightenment.org/apps/terminology.git/commit/?id=b80bedc7c21ecffe99d8d142930db696eebdd6a5
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8971
CWEs
CWE-77
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.