CVE-2019-7443
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-05-07 18:41Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 20:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- faf83834ec9bdefd0c3ce032d5ad0eb98ddf193ad26867d86ed49c2511648212
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00060.html
- lists.opensuse.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00065.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAWLQKTUQJOAPXOFWJQAQCA4LVM2P45F/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXVUJNXB6QKGPT6YJPJSG3U2BIR5XK5Y/
- cgit.kde.orghttps://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=fc70fb0161c1b9144d26389434d34dd135cd3f4a
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124863
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- kauth Fixed in 5.54.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- kauth Fixed in 5.54.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- kauth Fixed in 5.54.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- kauth Fixed in 5.18.0-0ubuntu2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- kauth Fixed in 5.44.0-0ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.