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CVE-2011-1588

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1588 describes a format string vulnerability in Thunar versions prior to 1.3.1, affecting various Debian, openSUSE, and Xfce distributions. This flaw allows an attacker to crash the application by crafting a malicious filename containing format characters and then attempting to copy and paste it. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfce:thunar:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfce:thunar:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0107 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2011-1588
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / xfce-mirror/thunar/blob/master/NEWS
github.com / xfce-mirror/thunar/commit/03dd312e157d4fa8a11d5fa402706ae5b05806fa
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2011-1588
Third Party Advisory