USN-3994-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3994-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3994-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3994-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2019-05-27T12:09:31.499941Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:50Z
Summary
gnome-desktop3 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that gnome-desktop incorrectly confined thumbnailers. If a user were tricked into downloading a malicious image file, a remote attacker could possibly combine this issue with another vulnerability to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / gnome-desktop3

Package

Name
gnome-desktop3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-desktop3@3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.26.1-0ubuntu1
3.26.2-1ubuntu1
3.27.90-1ubuntu1
3.27.92-0ubuntu1
3.28.0-0ubuntu1
3.28.1-1ubuntu1
3.28.2-0ubuntu1
3.28.2-0ubuntu1.1
3.28.2-0ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0",
            "binary_version": "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gnome-desktop3-data",
            "binary_version": "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnome-desktop-3-17",
            "binary_version": "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnome-desktop-3-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2019-11460"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
    }
}