CVE-2014-8651

HIGH 7.2CVE-2014-8651 · Published 06/12/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8651 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting kde-workspace (kde), plasma-desktop (kde).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 33.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kde-workspace kde	`≤ 4.11.13`	No fix yet
plasma-desktop kde	`≤ 5.1`	No fix yet

Description

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
securityfocus.com/bid/70904
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt · Vendor Advisory

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