CVE-2023-43091

A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, which is vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file. If the configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239091	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commit/d26cd774d524404ef7784e6808f551de83de4bea	Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/588	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-maps::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-maps::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-11-17 13:15

Updated : 2025-08-06 12:46

NVD link : CVE-2023-43091

Mitre link : CVE-2023-43091

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-43091

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

gnome-maps

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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