USN-4700-1

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    USN-4700-1

    Published: 19 Jan 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: pyxdg vulnerability

    Details: Alexandre D'Hondt discovered that PyXDG did not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted .menu file to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4700-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12761

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pyxdg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.25-3

    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
    USN-4700-1 | CVE-DB