CVE-2018-14036

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Affected products

Freedesktop accountsservice: before 0.6.50 — fixed in 0.6.50

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Freedesktop accountsservice 0.6.50. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a

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