UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14108
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14108, https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008, https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14108
Affected packages
Package
Name: gedit
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gedit?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
3.10.4-0ubuntu13
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
