{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2016-01-08T20:59:02Z",
  "id": "CVE-2015-8557",
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3445"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2862-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/pull-requests/501/fix-shell-injection-in/diff"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133823/Pygments-FontManager._get_nix_font_path-Shell-Injection.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html"
    }
  ]
}