CVE-2019-14822

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.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.10%
Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory ubuntu.com Third-Party Advisory oracle.com
Affected: n/a ibus
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1717958 issue tracking third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14822 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4134-3/ third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14822?
CVE-2019-14822 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-14822?
To fix CVE-2019-14822, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-14822 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-14822 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-14822?
CVE-2019-14822 affects n/a ibus.
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