CVE-2017-14108 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service in GNOME gedit by providing a file with many null characters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-14108?
CVE-2017-14108 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14108?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Gedit.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14108?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14108 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14108 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14108 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14108, GHSA-53vq-mhjh-rc84, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14108.