Description
The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.
Published: 2018-08-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1494-1 gdm3 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4270-1 gdm3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6341 The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3737-1 GDM vulnerability
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Gnome Gnome Display Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.661Z

Reserved: 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14424

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-14T18:29:00.493

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:01.680

Link: CVE-2018-14424

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14424 - Bugzilla

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