CVE-2022-45062 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0089.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Xfce	Xfce4-settings

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings:4.17.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5296-1	xfce4-settings security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47984	In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6141-1	xfce4-settings vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/55e3c5fb667e96ad1412cf249879262b369d28d7
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/f34a92a84f96268ad24a7a13fd5edc9f1d526110
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/390
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tags
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGTGTTPFHDUB3EZHVKDK4H32QUUYPPFF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5296

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T14:23:43.753Z

Reserved: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45062

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:31.477Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-09T07:15:10.130

Modified: 2025-05-01T15:15:58.727

Link: CVE-2022-45062

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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