USN-2862-1

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    USN-2862-1

    Published: 7 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: pygments vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly sanitized strings used to search system fonts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2862-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8557

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pygments

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.6+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High