CVE-2024-37885: nextcloud desktop Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-37885 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Code Injection vulnerability in nextcloud desktop. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-06-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. A code injection in Nextcloud Desktop Client for macOS allowed to load arbitrary code when starting the client with DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES set in the enviroment. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.12.0.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.