VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-4035

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.99%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references