CVE-2019-17080: Linuxmint Mintinstall

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 8.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mintinstall (aka Software Manager) 7.9.9 for Linux Mint allows code execution if a REVIEWS_CACHE file is controlled by an attacker, because an unpickle occurs. This is resolved in 8.0.0 and backports.

Affected products

• Linuxmint Mintinstall: version 7.9.9 only

Published 2019-10-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.