spice-gtk — security advisory
libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.
- Products
- spice-gtk
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.12-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-4425
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4425
spice-gtk
Fixed versions: 0.12-5
spice-gtk
Fixed versions: 0.12-5
spice-gtk
Fixed versions: 0.12-5
Complete source record
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