CVE-2019-7443

KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes thi...

kf5-kauth -- Insecure handling of arguments in helpers

Albert Astals Cid reports: KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus. Certain types can cause crashes and trigger decoding arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugin...