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CVE-2024-6655: Gtk3: gtk2: library injection from cwd

Deferred
AliasesMGASA-2024-0312SUSE-SU-2024:2611-1SUSE-SU-2024:2612-1
Published 16-07-2024Last modified 20-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6655 is a high (CVSS 7.0) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in gtk+2.0. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2024-39152

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the GTK library. Under certain conditions, it is possible for a library to be injected into a GTK application from the current working directory.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse63 products
  • gnome-themes-standard&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 3.22.3-150000.4.5.1
  • gnome-themes-standard&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6< 3.22.3-150000.4.5.1
  • gtk2&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.24.32+67-150200.4.3.1
  • gtk2&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 2.24.32+67-150200.4.3.1
  • gtk2&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.24.32+67-150200.4.3.1
Redhat12 products
  • gtk-update-icon-cache< 0:3.24.31-5.el9 | < 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
  • gtk-update-icon-cache-debuginfo< 0:3.24.31-5.el9 | < 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
  • gtk3< 0:3.24.31-5.el9 | < 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
  • gtk3-debuginfo< 0:3.24.31-5.el9 | < 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
  • gtk3-debugsource< 0:3.24.31-5.el9 | < 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
Opensuse11 products
  • gnome-themes-standard&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.22.3-150000.4.5.1
  • gtk2&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.24.33-150400.4.3.1
  • gtk2&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.24.33-150600.11.3.1
  • gtk2&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5< 2.24.33-150400.4.3.1
  • gtk2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.24.33-10.1
Debian2 products
  • gtk+2.0< 2.24.33-2+deb12u1 | < 2.24.33-5
  • gtk+3.0< 3.24.38-2~deb12u2 | < 3.24.43-1
Mageia2 products
  • gtk+2.0< gtk+2.0-2.24.33-5.1.mga9
  • gtk+3.0< gtk+3.0-3.24.38-1.1.mga9
Ubuntu2 products
  • gtk+2.0All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.24.32-4ubuntu4.1 | < 2.24.33-2ubuntu2.1 | < 2.24.33-4ubuntu1.1
  • gtk+3.0All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.24.20-0ubuntu1.2 | < 3.24.33-1ubuntu2.2 | < 3.24.41-4ubuntu1.1

6 vendors · 92 products

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