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CVE-2012-4425
libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges…
Medium6.9EPSS 1.1%
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- redhat
Description
libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- RHSA-2012:1284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120912 libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [spice-devel] 20120914 [spice-gtk] usb-acl-helper: Clear environment (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120917 Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [scm-commits] 20120914 [spice-gtk/f18] Add patch fixing CVE 2012-4425 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 21323 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857283 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120914 Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 55555 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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