CVE-2015-0855

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The _mediaLibraryPlayCb function in mainwindow.py in pitivi before 0.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a file path.

Affected products

Pitivi: through 0.94

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97283
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pitivi/+bug/1495272
https://git.gnome.org/browse/pitivi/commit/?id=45a4c84edb3b4343f199bba1c65502e3f49f5bb2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97283
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pitivi/+bug/1495272
https://git.gnome.org/browse/pitivi/commit/?id=45a4c84edb3b4343f199bba1c65502e3f49f5bb2

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