Is CVE-2019-12761 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-12761 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-12761?

CVE-2019-12761 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-12761?

CVE-2019-12761 has an EPSS score of 2.10% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12761?

Upgrade pyxdg on debian 11 to 0.26-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-12761

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

pyxdgDebian

Fixed in:0.26-1CVE-2019-12761

python-xdgUbuntu

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu1.1USN-4700-1

python3-xdgUbuntu

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu1.1USN-4700-1

pyxdgUbuntu

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-4700-1

Fixed in:0.25-4ubuntu1.1USN-4700-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

gist.github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

snyk.io

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.