UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32563
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563
Upstream
Published
2021-05-11T05:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:50:20Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2. When called with a regular file as a command-line argument, it delegates to a different program (based on the file type) without user confirmation. This could be used to achieve code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / thunar

Package

Name
thunar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunar@1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.10-1
1.6.10-2
1.6.10-2ubuntu1
1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-2-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "thunar"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "thunar-data"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / thunar

Package

Name
thunar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunar@1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.12-1
1.6.13-1
1.6.13-2
1.6.14-1
1.6.14-1ubuntu1
1.6.15-0ubuntu1
1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-2-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunar"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-0ubuntu1.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunar-data"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / thunar

Package

Name
thunar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunar@1.8.14-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.9-1
1.8.11-1
1.8.12-1
1.8.14-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.14-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-3-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.14-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libthunarx-3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.14-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "thunar"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.14-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "thunar-data"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563.json"