What is CVE-2018-13054?

CVE-2018-13054 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint Cinnamon, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-13054?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linuxmint Cinnamon

CVE-2018-13054

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

Published 2018-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linuxmint Cinnamon
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13054?: CVE-2018-13054 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint Cinnamon, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-13054?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.