CVE-2017-14108

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14108
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14108.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-14108
Downstream
Published
2017-09-05T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-29T07:39:12.208804Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gedit

Package

Name
gedit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gedit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.38.1-1

40.*

40.1-1
40.1-2
40.1-2+hurd.1
40.1-3

41.*

41.0-1
41.0-2
41.0-3

42.*

42.0-1
42.0-2
42.1-1
42.2-1

43.*

43.1-1
43.2-1
43.2-2

44.*

44.1-1
44.2-1

46.*

46.1-1
46.1-2
46.1-3
46.2-1
46.2-3

48.*

48.1-1
48.1-2
48.1-3
48.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / gedit

Package

Name
gedit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gedit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

44.*

44.2-1

46.*

46.1-1
46.1-2
46.1-3
46.2-1
46.2-3

48.*

48.1-1
48.1-2
48.1-3
48.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / gedit

Package

Name
gedit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gedit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

48.*

48.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}