CVE-2017-8288Improper Input Validation in Gnome-shell

Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 27
Latest updateOct 3

Description

gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications (but not interact with them), see information from the extensions (e.g., what applications you have opened or what music you were playing), or even execute arbitrary commands. It all depends on what extensions a user has enabled. The problem is caused by lack of exception handling in js/ui/extensio

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

Debiangnome/gnome-shell< 3.22.3-3+3
Ubuntugnome/gnome-shell< 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3+esm1
NVDgnome/gnome-shell12 versions+11

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
gnome-shell vulnerabilities2024-10-03
GHSA
GHSA-rqjp-x4m8-wvwq: gnome-shell 32022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-8288: gnome-shell 32017-04-27
OSV
CVE-2017-8288: gnome-shell 32017-04-27

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNOME Shell vulnerabilities2024-10-03
Red Hat
gnome-shell: Mishandling extensions that fail to reload2017-04-25
Debian
CVE-2017-8288: gnome-shell - gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which...2017

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8288 gnome-shell: Mishandling extensions that fail to reload [fedora-all]2017-04-27
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8288 gnome-shell: Mishandling extensions that fail to reload2017-04-27
CVE-2017-8288 — Improper Input Validation | cvebase