CVE-2019-14822
HIGHibus < 1.5.22 - Unauthenticated Method Call Interception via DBus Server Misconfiguration
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1717958
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14822
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4134-3/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
ibus_project/ibus
< 1.5.22
oracle/zfs_storage_appliance_kit
8.8
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
Published
Nov 25, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026