VDB
CVE-2019-7443
CVE-2019-7443
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.100000381469727 HIGH
KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.
EPSS 2.35% · 83.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.35%
83.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | kauth | 5.42.0-0ubuntu1, 5.38.0-0ubuntu1, 5.40.0-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | kauth | 5.15.0-0ubuntu2, 5.18.0-0ubuntu1, 5.18.0-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Feb 10, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2019-February/000011.html third-party-advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=fc70fb0161c1b9144d26389434d34dd135cd3f4a third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7443 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7443 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6035-1 advisory