CVE-2022-45062

critical

Description

In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.

References

Advisories
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https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5296

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGTGTTPFHDUB3EZHVKDK4H32QUUYPPFF/

https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2022-45062

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tags

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/390

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/f34a92a84f96268ad24a7a13fd5edc9f1d526110

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/55e3c5fb667e96ad1412cf249879262b369d28d7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-11-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00651