CVE-2017-8288
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications (but not interact with them), see information from the extensions (e.g., what applications you have opened or what music you were playing), or even execute arbitrary commands. It all depends on what extensions a user has enabled. The problem is caused by lack of exception handling in js/ui/extensionSystem.js.
Products: gnome-shell
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | gnome-shell | 3.22.3-3 |
| Debian 13 | gnome-shell | 3.22.3-3 |
| Debian 14 | gnome-shell | 3.22.3-3 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | 3.20.4-77.7.5 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | gnome-shell | 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3+esm1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | gnome-shell | 40.5-1.1 |