CVE-2019-12447 [High] | Security Vulnerability in Gvfs

CVE-2019-12447 is rated Moderate Risk (57/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). EPSS rose +1.23% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.60%	1.83%	+1.23%
2	2026-05-29	0.42%	0.60%	+0.18%
3	2026-04-21	—	0.42%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.60%

1.83%

+1.23%

2026-05-29

0.42%

0.60%

+0.18%

2026-04-21

—

0.42%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.3	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. 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:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. 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:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.1	5.2	[email protected]
4.9	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N` 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:S) A single authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	6.8	4.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.3

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.1

5.2

[email protected]

4.9

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:S): A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

6.8

4.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12447

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2019-12447: 1 source package rows (gvfs); 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-2019-12447
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2019-12447 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gvfs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12447
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12447
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2019-12447 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gvfs), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12447

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12447

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
gnome	gvfs	>= 1.29.4, <= 1.41.2	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs::::::::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	19.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	29	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	30	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::*
opensuse	leap	15.0	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
opensuse	leap	15.1	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

References for CVE-2019-12447

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2019-12447

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12447

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12447

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12447

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12447

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12447

References for CVE-2019-12447