CVE-2019-11461

An issue was discovered in GNOME Nautilus 3.30 prior to 3.30.6 and 3.32 prior to 3.32.1. A compromised thumbnailer may escape the bubblewrap sandbox used to confine thumbnailers by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the input buffer of the thumbnailer's controlling terminal, allowing an attacker to escape the sandbox if the thumbnailer has a controlling terminal. This is due to improper filtering of the TIOCSTI ioctl on 64-bit systems, similar to CVE-2019-10063.

Published: 2019-04-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-11461 is rated Moderate Risk (40.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11461

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 0.14% 0.35% +0.21%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.14% -0.01%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11461

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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.
 1.1 6.0 [email protected]
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11461

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11461

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-11461: 1 source package rows (nautilus); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-11461
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11461 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nautilus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11461
gentoo normal CVE-2019-11461: 1 GLSA(s) (201908-27), 1 atom(s) (gnome-base/nautilus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-11461
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11461
suse medium CVE-2019-11461 severity moderate: SUSE including 51 source package names (flatpak-0.10.4-4.10.1, flatpak-0.10.4-lp150.8.1, …), 67 product×package rows across 13 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2, … (13 product lines)): Fixed 67. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11461/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11461 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nautilus), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11461

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11461

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome nautilus >= 3.30, < 3.30.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome nautilus >= 3.32, < 3.32.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11461

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