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CVE-2015-6520

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IPPUSBXD before 1.22 listens on all interfaces, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to USB connected printers via a direct request.

Affected products

• Ippusbxd Project Ippusbxd: through 1.21.2

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/11
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2725-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ippusbxd/+bug/1455644
• https://github.com/tillkamppeter/ippusbxd/commit/46844402bca7a38fc224483ba6f0a93c4613203f
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/11
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2725-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ippusbxd/+bug/1455644
• https://github.com/tillkamppeter/ippusbxd/commit/46844402bca7a38fc224483ba6f0a93c4613203f

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