CVE-2015-7541

critical

Description

The initialize method in the Histogram class in lib/colorscore/histogram.rb in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) image_path, (2) colors, or (3) depth variable.

References

https://github.com/quadule/colorscore/commit/570b5e854cecddd44d2047c44126aed951b61718

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/2

http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-7541/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-01-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00771