CVE-2019-13012
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE, G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, NULL, NULL, NULL). Consequently, it does not properly restrict directory (and file) permissions. Instead, for directories, 0777 permissions are used; for files, default file permissions are used. This is similar to CVE-2019-12450.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.21% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- gnome/glib
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 27 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00022.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931234#12
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/5e4da714f00f6bfb2ccd6d73d61329c6f3a08429Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1658Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/450Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00022.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931234#12
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/5e4da714f00f6bfb2ccd6d73d61329c6f3a08429Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1658Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/450Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-2/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.