CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-14822

HIGH
7.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ibusDebian
Fixed in:1.5.21-1CVE-2019-14822
Fixed in:1.5.21-1CVE-2019-14822
Fixed in:1.5.21-1CVE-2019-14822
Fixed in:1.5.21-1CVE-2019-14822
ibusUbuntu
Fixed in:1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2USN-4134-1
Fixed in:1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4USN-4134-3
Fixed in:1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1USN-4134-1
Fixed in:1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3USN-4134-3

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 VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days
29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

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