CVE-2015-8971: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Enlightenment Terminology: version 0.7.0 only

Published 2017-01-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.