GTK gtk2/gtk3 injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GTK and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component gtk2/gtk3. This manipulation causes injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-6655. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GTK (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component gtk2/gtk3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6655 since 07/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207748 (AlmaLinux 8 : gtk3 (ALSA-2024:6963)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207748) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-47997). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 207748
Nessus Name: AlmaLinux 8 : gtk3 (ALSA-2024:6963)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2024 🔍
07/11/2024 +1 days 🔍
07/11/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/03/2025 +388 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-6655 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6655
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-271141
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2024 08:19
Updated: 08/03/2025 19:13
Changes: 07/11/2024 08:19 (48), 09/29/2024 23:24 (3), 03/14/2025 11:38 (13), 08/03/2025 19:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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