CVE-2017-14108

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-14108 · Published 05/09/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-14108 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting gedit (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gedit gnome	`≤ 3.22.1`	No fix yet

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

bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi
cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008 · Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html · Exploit

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