CVE-2015-7541
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The initialize method in the Histogram class in lib/colorscore/histogram.rb in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) image_path, (2) colors, or (3) depth variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.53% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| colorscore project | colorscore |
References
- http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/2
- https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718
- http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/2
- https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718
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