CVE-2019-14822

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 11:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise LinuxZfs Storage Appliance Kit

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.5.22
Affected range stops below 1.5.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1717958
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14822
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4134-3/
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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