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Critical USN-6141-1 1 CVE

xfce4-settings vulnerability

Published Jun 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz discovered that xfce4-settings
incorrectly parsed quoted input when processed through xdg-open.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary arguments into the default browser or file manager.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS xfce4-settings 4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45062