linuxmint CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on linuxmint vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 21 Aug 2025, 22:25 UTC

About linuxmint Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with linuxmint. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total linuxmint CVEs: 10
Earliest CVE date: 16 Jan 2015, 16:59 UTC
Latest CVE date: 03 May 2024, 03:16 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2023-44452

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 0

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -100.0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -100.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical linuxmint CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 3.66

Max CVSS: 7.2

Critical CVEs (≥9): 0

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 4
4.0-6.9 5
7.0-8.9 1
9.0-10.0 0

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS linuxmint CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for linuxmint, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for linuxmint

CVE-2023-44452 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 0 03 May 2024, 03:16 UTC

Linux Mint Xreader CBT File Parsing Argument Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Mint Xreader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CBT files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-22132.

CVE-2023-44451 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 0 03 May 2024, 03:16 UTC

Linux Mint Xreader EPUB File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Mint Xreader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EPUB files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-21897.

CVE-2023-29380 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 0 29 May 2023, 00:15 UTC

Warpinator before 1.6.0 allows remote file deletion via directory traversal in top_dir_basenames.

CVE-2022-42725 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 0 10 Oct 2022, 05:15 UTC

Warpinator through 1.2.14 allows access outside of an intended directory, as demonstrated by symbolic directory links.

CVE-2019-20326 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 16 Mar 2020, 22:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer overflow in _cairo_image_surface_create_from_jpeg() in extensions/cairo_io/cairo-image-surface-jpeg.c in GNOME gThumb before 3.8.3 and Linux Mint Pix before 2.4.5 allows attackers to cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file.

CVE-2012-1567 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 07 Feb 2020, 14:15 UTC

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintUpdate.

CVE-2012-1566 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 07 Feb 2020, 14:15 UTC

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

CVE-2019-17080 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 02 Oct 2019, 13:15 UTC

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.

CVE-2018-13054 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 02 Jul 2018, 14:29 UTC

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.

CVE-2014-1949 linuxmint vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 16 Jan 2015, 16:59 UTC

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.