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CVE-2017-8288
gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock…
High8.1EPSS 2.9%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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/extensionSystem.js.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/EasyScreenCast/EasyScreenCast/issues/46 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781728 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=2513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/ff425d1db7082e2755d2a405af53861552acf2a1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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Record last updated .