What is CVE-2018-14036?

CVE-2018-14036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Accountsservice, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-14036?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Freedesktop Accountsservice

CVE-2018-14036

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (87.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.030 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Freedesktop Accountsservice

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14036?: CVE-2018-14036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Accountsservice, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-14036?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.