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CVE-2017-14108

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

• GNOME Gedit: through 3.22.1

References

• 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
• 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

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