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Case File

CVE-2015-7541

CRITICAL · CVSS 10 EPSS 3.53% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2015-7541
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10
EPSS
3.53%

Original NVD 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.