What is CVE-2017-14108?

CVE-2017-14108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Gedit, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-14108?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14108 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Gnome Gedit

CVE-2017-14108

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Gedit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14108?: CVE-2017-14108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Gedit, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-14108?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14108 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.