When was CVE-2011-2922 disclosed?

CVE-2011-2922 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 19, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2011-2922?

CVE-2011-2922 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2011-2922?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2011-2922, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2011-2922

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—

7.8

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: 7.8(medium)
EPSS: —
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922
secalert@redhathttps://lwn.net/Articles/477678/
secalert@redhathttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html
secalert@redhathttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922
secalert@redhathttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922
secalert@redhathttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466
secalert@redhathttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151

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