CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18398
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
Xfce Thunar 1.6.15, when Xfce 4.12 is used, mishandles the IBus-Unikey input method for file searches within File Manager, leading to an out-of-bounds read and SEGV. This could potentially be exploited by an arbitrary local user who creates files in /tmp before the victim uses this input method.
Affected configurations
• xfce thunar (< 1.6.15)
• xfce xfce (< 4.12)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/cve-2018-18398/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/cve-2018-18398/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory