CVE-2019-7443

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7443
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7443.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-7443
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-05-07T19:29:01.410Z
Modified
2025-11-19T17:33:36.957354Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/kde/kauth

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kde/kauth
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed