CVE-2017-14108

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.

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-5620

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS