CVE-2007-5208: HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 67.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.

Affected products

• HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: up to and including 2.7.10; version 1.0 only

Published 2007-10-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.