CVE-2007-5208
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 67.3%EU EUVD
hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 67.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5188)
- Published
- October 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5188 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195565
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html
- http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=30719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28453
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-26.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1462
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:201
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0960.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26054
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018806
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3479
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319921
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37183
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10692
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/530-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00200.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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