CVE-2019-7443 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting KDE KAuth before version 5.55, as well as Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE products. It allows attackers to pass arbitrary-type parameters to root-privileged helpers via DBus, potentially leading to crashes or the execution of arbitrary image decoding plugins as root. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.55.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.