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CVE-2024-6655 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Hyperlink Resource
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Red Hat, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-6655
NVD Published Date:
07/16/2024
NVD Last Modified:
07/16/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.