Bug 1488335 (CVE-2017-14108)

Summary:	CVE-2017-14108 gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	alexl, caillon+fedoraproject, christopher.brieger, gnome-sig, icq, rakesh.pandit, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 07:56:46 UTC

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.

Reference:

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 07:57:17 UTC

Created gedit tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488336]