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CVE-2019-14744

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 19.04
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 29, 30
• KDE Kconfig: before 5.61.0 — fixed in 5.61.0
• openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0-sp1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KDE Kconfig 5.61.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00034.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153981/Slackware-Security-Advisory-kdelibs-Updates.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2606
• https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/630832df151029cb8f22d5b6b9efaefb/raw/64aa3d30279acb207f787ce9c135eefd5e52643b/kde-kdesktopfile-command-injection.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00023.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5IRIKH7ZWXELIQT6WSLV7EG3VTFWKZPD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNHO6FZRYBQ2R3UCFDGS66F6DNNTKCMM/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYKLUSSEK3YJOVQDL6K2LKGS3354UH6L/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTFBQRJAU7ITD3TOMPZAUQMYYCAZ6DTX/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YIDXQ6CUB5E7Y3MJWCUY4VR42QAE6SCJ/

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