An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles file ownership because setfsuid is not used.
CVE-2019-12447
This high-severity CVE scores 7.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.8%, top 23% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.3
- EG Score
- 7.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity73% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 77%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 29, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | gvfs-libs (1.38.1-0ubuntu1.3.2) @ cosmic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | vinagre-0:3.22.0-21.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.34.1-r1 | — |
Alpine:v3.8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.36.1-r1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.38.1-4 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.38.1-4 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.38.1-4 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gvfs | — | 1.38.1-4 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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