PatchTheCVExfce vulnerabilities and fixes
Recent CVEs affecting xfce, with upgrade or downgrade steps. 5 tracked.
xfce has 5 tracked vulnerabilities, 0 critical. A fixed release or vendor patch exists for 3. Most recent: 2018-10-19. Highest priority: CVE-2007-6532 (score 58/100).
- CVE-2018-18398 MEDIUM 4.7 UPGRADE UPGRADE Xfce Thunar 1.6.15, when Xfce 4.12 is used, mishandles the IBus-Unikey input method for file searches within F
- CVE-2009-4996 HIGH 7.2 DOWNGRADE Xfce4-session 4.5.91 in Xfce does not lock the screen when the suspend or hibernate button is pressed, which m
- CVE-2007-6532 HIGH 10.0 UPGRADE Double free vulnerability in the Widget Library (libxfcegui4) in Xfce before 4.4.2 might allow remote attacker
- CVE-2007-6531 MEDIUM 5.0 UPGRADE Stack-based buffer overflow in the Panel (xfce4-panel) component in Xfce before 4.4.2 might allow remote attac
- CVE-2000-1060 MEDIUM 4.6 DOWNGRADE The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + loca
FAQ
How do I fix xfce vulnerabilities?
Open the CVE for your version, check the affected range, then follow the listed action: upgrade to the fixed release, or downgrade or mitigate if no fix exists yet. Commands for each OS are shown on every CVE page.
Is xfce being exploited right now?
None of the tracked xfce CVEs are on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the moment. This is checked every 20 minutes.
Which xfce CVE should I patch first?
CVE-2007-6532 currently ranks highest (58/100): Double free vulnerability in the Widget Library (libxfcegui4) in Xfce before 4.4.2 might allow remote attacker.