{"id":"USN-5149-1","summary":"accountsservice vulnerability","details":"Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled memory\nwhen performing certain language setting operations. A local attacker could\nuse this issue to escalate privileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:23Z","published":"2021-11-16T17:56:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3939"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3939","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3939"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5149-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3939"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"accountsservice","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice@0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5"}]}],"versions":["0.6.55-0ubuntu10","0.6.55-0ubuntu11","0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.1","0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.2","0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"accountsservice","binary_version":"0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0","binary_version":"0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5"},{"binary_name":"libaccountsservice-dev","binary_version":"0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5"},{"binary_name":"libaccountsservice0","binary_version":"0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5149-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}],"id":"CVE-2021-3939"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}