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CVE-2017-14108

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Date: September 5, 2017

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (5)

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14108

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14108

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-14108

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

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CVSS v3

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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