CVE-2024-6655

A flaw was found in the GTK library. Under certain conditions, it is possible for a library to be injected into a GTK application from the current working directory.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6963
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9184
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0

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History

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Information

Published : 2024-07-16 15:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:18

NVD link : CVE-2024-6655

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6655

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6655

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Products Affected

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CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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