Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affecting gnome-shell package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNOMESHELL-7151941
  • published29 May 2024
  • disclosed28 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 May 2024

CVE-2024-36472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnome-shell to version or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') due to the automatic launching of a portal helper based on manipulated network responses. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code leading to resource consumption or other impacts, by controlling the local Wi-Fi network.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the attacker has control over the local network environment.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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