What is CVE-2018-17231?

CVE-2018-17231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telegram Telegram_desktop, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-17231?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Telegram Telegram_desktop

CVE-2018-17231

Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.14 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via an "Edit color palette" search that triggers an "index out of range" condition. NOTE: this issue is disp…

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Telegram Telegram_desktop — versions 1.3.14
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17231?: CVE-2018-17231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telegram Telegram_desktop, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-17231?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.