CVE-2011-1588

Thunar before 1.3.1 could crash when copy and pasting a file name with % format characters due to a format string error.

Published: 2019-11-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1588 is rated Moderate Risk (53.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1588

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.32% 1.07% +0.75%
2 2025-03-30 0.55% 0.32% -0.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1588

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1588

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1588

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2011-1588 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (thunar), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1588
ubuntu negligible CVE-2011-1588 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (thunar), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xfce thunar 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xfce:thunar:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfce thunar 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xfce:thunar:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1588

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