CVE-2012-4427: Gnome Gnome-Shell

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

Affected products

• Gnome Gnome-Shell: version 3.4.1 only

Published 2012-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.