CVE-2015-8971

Publication date 23 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
terminology	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.7.0-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
terminology	Upstream: ?id=b80

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H