CVE-2012-4427

Description

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

How to fix CVE-2012-4427

To remediate CVE-2012-4427, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/gnome-shell—upgrade to 3.34.0-2 or later

Is CVE-2012-4427 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 3.34.0-2

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4427