Information disclosure in kio-extras - CVE-2018-19120
Published: November 14, 2018 / Updated: November 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15907
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19120
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
kio-extras
kio-extras
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when the HTML Thumbnailer plug-in creates a thumbnail for HTML files. A remote attacker can access sensitive information, such as the IP address of a targeted system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19120
Update to version 18.08.2.