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CVE-2019-11460

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11460 is a critical vulnerability affecting GNOME gnome-desktop versions 3.26, 3.28, 3.30 (prior to 3.30.2.2), and 3.32 (prior to 3.32.1.1). A compromised thumbnailer can escape its bubblewrap sandbox by manipulating the TIOCSTI ioctl on 64-bit systems, allowing an attacker to break out of the sandbox if the thumbnailer has a controlling terminal. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.0 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and the potential for complete system compromise. While highly severe, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.30.0, < 3.30.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.32.0, < 3.32.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-desktop:3.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-desktop:3.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 201 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.4 Reddit, 1.2 Bluesky, 0.9 Mastodon, and 2.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.8 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-desktop3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-desktop3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11460Moderate

gnome-desktop: thumbnailer security bypass

Apr 13, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00088.html
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/gnome-desktop/issues/112
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V5V6EIUHYR7SNKCRIGYCD3UWNEGFNT2F
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-28
usn.ubuntu.com / 3994-1