Critical severity · published Nov 9, 2022
CVE-2022-45062
In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper
9.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
XF
Xfce4-settings · Xfce
before 4.16.4; 4.17.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45062
Patch
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/55e3c5fb667e96ad1412cf249879262b369d28d7
Patch
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/f34a92a84f96268ad24a7a13fd5edc9f1d526110
Broken Link
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/390
Release Notes
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tags
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGTGTTPFHDUB3EZHVKDK4H32QUUYPPFF/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05
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