CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14108
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file that begins with many '\0' characters.
Affected configurations
• gnome gedit (<= 3.22.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037 bugzilla.gnome.org
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008 Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037 bugzilla.gnome.org
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008 Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry