A2ps vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product6 versions
The short answer

A2ps is made by Gnu. We track 5 published vulnerabilities in it, across 6 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run A2ps, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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None of A2ps's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which A2ps flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 16%

    a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

    CVSS10.0Published10 Jan 2005
  2. 2.8%

    Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

    CVSS7.8Published13 Apr 2017
  3. 2.3%

    The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.

    CVSS6.8Published3 Apr 2014
  4. 0.4%

    The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary...

    CVSS2.1Published5 Apr 2014
  5. 0.4%

    The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

    CVSS2.1Published27 Dec 2004
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We track 5 published vulnerabilities listed under the name A2ps, across 6 versions.

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