VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-6655
Under certain conditions, it is possible for a library to be injected into a GTK application from the current working directory.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the GTK library. Under certain conditions, it is possible for a library to be injected into a GTK application from the current working directory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6963
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9184
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.