{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14822","details":"A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:26:57.193715Z","published":"2019-09-13T07:00:00Z","related":["USN-4134-1","USN-4134-2","USN-4134-3"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-14822"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14822"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/13/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4134-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4134-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4134-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14822"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ibus","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ibus@1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"}]}],"versions":["1.5.10-1ubuntu1","1.5.11-1ubuntu1","1.5.11-1ubuntu2","1.5.11-1ubuntu2.1","1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2","1.5.11-1ubuntu2.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"gir1.2-ibus-1.0"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ibus"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ibus-gtk"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ibus-gtk3"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ibus-wayland"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"libibus-1.0-5"},{"binary_version":"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"libibus-1.0-dev"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14822.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ibus","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ibus@1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"}]}],"versions":["1.5.14-2ubuntu1","1.5.14-3ubuntu1","1.5.17-1ubuntu1","1.5.17-3ubuntu1","1.5.17-3ubuntu3","1.5.17-3ubuntu4","1.5.17-3ubuntu5","1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1","1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"gir1.2-ibus-1.0"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"ibus"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"ibus-gtk"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"ibus-gtk3"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"ibus-wayland"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"libibus-1.0-5"},{"binary_version":"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3","binary_name":"libibus-1.0-dev"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14822.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}