UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14744

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14744

    Published: 7 Aug 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-14744
    Aliases:
    USN-4100-1

    Summary:

    Details: In KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14744, https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/630832df151029cb8f22d5b6b9efaefb/raw/64aa3d30279acb207f787ce9c135eefd5e52643b/kde-kdesktopfile-command-injection.txt, https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190807-1.txt, https://www.zdnet.com/article/unpatched-kde-vulnerability-disclosed-on-twitter/, https://phabricator.kde.org/D22979, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4100-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14744

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde4libs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High