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.
Published: 2017-09-05
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5620 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00308}

epss

{'score': 0.00579}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.318Z

Reserved: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14108

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-05T06:29:00.243

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14108

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14108 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses