Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting gnome-shell package, versions [,3.4.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.43% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNOMESHELL-2382548
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Oct 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-4427  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gnome-shell.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1