cve/2017/CVE-2017-14108.md

CVE-2017-14108

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.

POC

Reference

• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037
• https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html

Github

• https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example