VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14822

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Primary references