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CVE-2018-6560: flatpak Interpretation Conflict

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0143RHSA-2018:2766UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6560
Published 02-02-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6560 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Interpretation Conflict vulnerability in flatpak. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In dbus-proxy/flatpak-proxy.c in Flatpak before 0.8.9, and 0.9.x and 0.10.x before 0.10.3, crafted D-Bus messages to the host can be used to break out of the sandbox, because whitespace handling in the proxy is not identical to whitespace handling in the daemon.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat11 products
Mageia7 products
  • appstream-glib< 0.7.6-1.mga6
  • bubblewrap< 0.2.0-1.mga6
  • flatpak< 0.10.3-1.mga6
  • flatpak-builder< 0.10.6-1.mga6
  • ostree< 2018.1-1.mga6
Debian1 product
  • flatpak< 0.10.3-1
Flatpak1 product
  • flatpak< 0.8.9 | ≥ 0.9.1, ≤ 0.9.99 | ≥ 0.10.0, < 0.10.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • flatpak< 0.10.3-1

5 vendors · 21 products

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