{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8971","details":"Terminology 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via escape sequences that modify the window title and then are written to the terminal, a similar issue to CVE-2003-0063.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:33Z","published":"2017-01-23T21:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-8971"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8971"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/12"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8971"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"terminology","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/terminology@0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["0.7.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"terminology","binary_version":"0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"terminology-data","binary_version":"0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8971.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}