CVE-2022-45062 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2022-45062?

CVE-2022-45062 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45062?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Xfce Xfce4-Settings.

How do I fix CVE-2022-45062?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-45062 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-45062 exists.

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• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45062, DSA-5296-1, GHSA-5684-vxhc-x77c, MGASA-2022-0471, OESA-2022-2105, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45062 and 1 more.