CVE-2015-6520
IPPUSBXD before 1.22 listens on all interfaces, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to USB connected printers via a direct request.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IPPUSBXD before 1.22 listens on all interfaces, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to USB connected printers via a direct request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ippusbxd project/ippusbxd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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/1455644Vendor Advisory
- 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/1455644Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/tillkamppeter/ippusbxd/commit/46844402bca7a38fc224483ba6f0a93c4613203f
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.