High severity · published Jul 16, 2024
CVE-2024-6655
Gtk3: gtk2: library injection from cwd
7.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6655
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6655
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6963
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9184
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
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