CVE-2012-3355

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

(1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on a temporary HTML template file in the /tmp/context directory.

Affected products

GNOME Rhythmbox: through 0.13.3; 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.88 (+55)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54186
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678661
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76538
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html

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