CVE-2012-4427

medium
Published 2012-10-01 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4427

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.34.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.34.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed3.34.0-2
debian debiansidfixed3.34.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.34.0-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnomegnome-shell3.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.