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CVE-2017-14108

medium

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-05

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium