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CVE-2015-8557
CRITICAL · CVSS 9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-01-08T20:59:02.233 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:34:46.240

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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