USN-6899-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6655)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-07-16 13:03 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
gtk+2.0, gtk+3.0 vulnerability
Details
It was discovered that GTK would attempt to load modules from the current directory, contrary to expectations. If users started GTK applications from shared directories, a local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code, and possibly escalate privileges.
References
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