CVE-2024-6655: Gtk3: gtk2: library injection from cwd

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

A flaw was found in the GTK library. Under certain conditions, it is possible for a library to be injected into a GTK application from the current working directory.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions — fixed in 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions — fixed in 0:3.24.31-5.el9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:3.22.30-12.el8_10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:3.24.31-5.el9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6963
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9184
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/09/1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297098
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/7361/diffs?commit_id=3bbf0b6176d42836d23c36a6ac410e807ec0a7a7#diff-content-e3fbe6480add9420b69f82374fb26ccac2c015a0

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