DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14822

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2019-14822
Downstream
DSA-4525-1
Published: 25 Nov 2019, 12:15
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 02:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Nov 2019, 12:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 02:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•ibus

    < 1.5.21-1 | < 1.5.21-1 | < 1.5.21-1 | < 1.5.21-1

References (1)