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CVE-2019-14822 json

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…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5950

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ibus_project ibus 1.5.22
  • ibus Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.21-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14822

  • ibus Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4
  • ibus Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14822

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  • ibus RHEL 7 1.5.17-11.el7
  • glib2 RHEL 7 2.56.1-7.el7
  • glib2-fam RHEL 7 2.56.1-7.el7
  • ibus-gtk2 RHEL 7 1.5.17-11.el7
  • ibus-gtk3 RHEL 7 1.5.17-11.el7
  • ibus-libs RHEL 7 1.5.17-11.el7
  • ibus-setup RHEL 7 1.5.17-11.el7
  • glib2-tests RHEL 7 2.56.1-7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3978RHSA-2020:1880

  • ibus SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 1.5.19-8.3.1
  • ibus SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +18 more 1.5.13-15.11.2
  • ibus SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 1.5.17-5.3.1
  • ibus SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS 1.5.8-10.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2427-1SUSE-SU-2019:2389-1SUSE-SU-2019:2388-1SUSE-SU-2019:2387-1

  • ibus openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.5.25-1.2
  • ibus openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.5.19-lp151.2.3.1
  • python-ibus openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.5.19-lp151.2.3.1
  • ibus openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.5.17-lp150.4.3.1
  • python3-ibus openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.5.17-lp150.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10853-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2199-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2174-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14822 updated cvss 6.1

ibus: missing authorization allows local attacker to access the input bus of another user

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ibus, ibus-gtk, ibus-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Do 1 openshiftdo/odo-init-image-rhel7 1.1.3-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0949
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) glib2-doc 2.56.4-8.el8, ibus-devel 1.5.19-11.el8, glib2-static 2.56.4-8.el8, glib2-debuginfo 2.56.4-8.el8, ibus-debuginfo 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-devel-docs 1.5.19-11.el8, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) ibus 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-gtk2 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-gtk3 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-libs 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-setup 1.5.19-11.el8, ibus-wayland 1.5.19-11.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) glib2 2.56.4-8.el8, glib2-fam 2.56.4-8.el8, glib2-tests 2.56.4-8.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1880
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) glib2 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk2 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk3 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-libs 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-setup 1.5.17-11.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) glib2-fam 2.56.1-7.el7, glib2-tests 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus-pygtk2 1.5.17-11.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) glib2 2.56.1-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) ibus 1.5.17-11.el7, glib2-fam 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus-gtk2 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk3 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-libs 1.5.17-11.el7, glib2-tests 2.56.1-7.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) glib2 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk2 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk3 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-libs 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-setup 1.5.17-11.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) glib2-fam 2.56.1-7.el7, glib2-tests 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus-pygtk2 1.5.17-11.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) glib2 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk2 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-gtk3 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-libs 1.5.17-11.el7, ibus-setup 1.5.17-11.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) glib2-fam 2.56.1-7.el7, glib2-tests 2.56.1-7.el7, ibus-pygtk2 1.5.17-11.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3978

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a ibus

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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