Helix Code maintained installer and updater utilities for the GNOME desktop environment, representing foundational system-level software with a narrow product scope. The observed disclosures relate to general categorization challenges rather than a defined pattern of weakness; live severity, exploitation, and exposure details are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Helix Code over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2000-0722MEDIUM Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begu | Oct 20, 2000 | 6.2 | 17 | NO | NO |
CVE-2000-0724MEDIUM The go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer | Oct 20, 2000 | 6.2 | 17 | NO | NO |
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config. | Oct 20, 2000 | 1.2 | 10 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Helix Code.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Helix Code — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.