{"id":"USN-2862-1","summary":"pygments vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly sanitized strings used to\nsearch system fonts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute\narbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:56Z","published":"2016-01-07T13:41:49Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8557"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8557","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8557"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2862-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8557"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pygments","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pygments@1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.6+dfsg-1","1.6+dfsg-1build1","1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-pygments","binary_version":"1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"python3-pygments","binary_version":"1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2862-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8557","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}