CVE-2015-2265: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via consecutive shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: up to and including 1.0.65

Published 2015-03-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.