--- title: "CVE-2015-8005\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8005?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-8005 Publication date 9 November 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 uses the thumbnail ImageMagick command line argument, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by reading the metadata of a PNG thumbnail file. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8005?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | mediawiki | 19.04 disco | Not affected | | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected | | 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life | | 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life | | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | | 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life | | 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) mediawiki package have a known default install location on debian/ubuntu, so not likely exposing info that isn't already known ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8005) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8005) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8005) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8005) ### Other references * *