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CVE-2023-43091

A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, which is vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.87%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, which is vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file. If the configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.87% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-94
Affected: gnome/gnome-maps
Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239091Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commit/d26cd774d524404ef7784e6808f551de83de4beaPatch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/588Exploit, Issue Tracking

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.